(48) and with as many men as Hanna could produce we continue right up the mountain. It worked. We left part of our stuff with the old kukurai. I gave him a lot of calico, 25 lbs., 1 salt, knives and pipes. By this time he was quite friendly. Most of our new beares have seen 4 or summers, or 50 but they are as stout a crowd of old men as I have ever seen. Stocky, hairy as apes, and well-muscled. The Pu- kuito party set out for home and we clinted from 3 o'clock until dark, reaching 2900 feet where another leaf house was built. Fine during the night. Hicks & David put up the few beds, April 22- Breakfast of cold sardines & tars (our last nights meal was also cold because of lack of water and a suggestion on the part of the boys not to attract attention. The apparent danger was nullified by the late arrival of about a half dozen new who had been among those who had scooted upon our arrival. Returning to the village they found there was nothing to fear and curiosity led them to join the party. Their advent was very impressive - all carrying raw- foo flares which shone on their sleek, jetty limbs. Most of them were youths, well-built, with fine teeth). We had no stop for kai-kai until we reached 5900 feet about 4 o'clock. The ashy fantails and mountain thickhead came into evidence about noon. We all collected, taking these two species, yellow-bit doves, red-breast, and a thrush on the way. We crossed numerous streams, cold and precipitous. One was pointed out as a place for obtaining the red oxide of iron that occurs in clay formation, which the natives use for paint. Very foggy but no rain; the weather so far has favored us. It was advised that we make a camp at this altitude because no large leaves, for thatching, a house - can higher up. The bush on this trek was particularly bad-between 3500-4500 feet we hacked our way through about 3 miles of bamboo. The brother of the old kukurai is the trail.