(101) them to eat. When I asked for it in camp the whole works had already been cooked. He shared it with those in his house (there were three up here, on account of lack of roofing material - they use the big broad base of sac- sac leaves). The most impressive thing about these new touched Fush Kanakas is their perfect communal spirit with their friends of their own village. They share every- things; I have never seen the slightest argument; and the chief's word is absolute law. Hicks and I had one tin of Victory corned-beef - Ratu and Reavite, two cans of sar- dines and biscuits. I spent most of the night dodging chips from the leaky roof. It must have been close to zero weather. The floor area of our house was about 25 sq. feet and in it were 10 men and 4 large fires. The natives used the pandanus leaf base as sleeping pads. In spite of their nakedness they were not cold. The old men are really protected by the thick hair on their bodies. Saw the new moon through the fog and rain. April-24- Three biscuits, a tin of meat, and two tins of sardines served to carry us all to the top; the natives cut a lot of sac-sac as well. We started about 7:30 and in an hour came up under the southernmost peak. Circling around it to the NE we could catch glimpses of the summit above us. This is a higher elevation than the crater. The bush began to thin out a little and seem- ingly the birds. Yesterday Hicks and I did quite a bit of collecting, - thickheads, honeyeaters, and a thrush. My ornithological expectation in hoping to find new variation with such high altitude was not satisfied. The only birds