(69) [illegible] at the most important moments, and I was ashore during all rain showers, about five. The mining men say that geologists who have ex- amined Mama Neckar that it has formerly sub- sisted below the sea - indicated by something. The soil is very porous, draining readily. The scarcity of birds - small kinds especially remind me of Mons Is., which was so unproductive. Not only is there an apparent delinquency in numbers but also in number of var- ieties - no graybirds, thickheads, only one species of fly- catcher. Natives say that Guassopa is the place for birds; they say more small kinds are found around mangroves. Everything here is inaccessible. There are 800 odd inhabitants here and most of them are at Gua- sopa; so we shall have trails to get about on, which helps infinitely when it rains every day. I wish now that we had risked more time in the Bourvolair and Alcaster Is., for the birds there are evidently of special interest. This Suloga is a miserable place; however, effecting such a sound repair of the shroud plate is return enough for our otherwise relatively unprofitable visit. Oct 19- Teora, Charlie, and I up to the head of the bay in the whale-boat for the day. He spent it mushing around in the mangroves where we garnered numerous