(179) him we had just come from there. He said he had first taken us for a Japanese pearl poacher! Wow, this is the best government yet. We got a few good birds but the roads go mostly through gardens. David and Teresa took saw the "pulo," described by Cameron - not yet taken. There are flocks of waders here - two young yellow-legs were shot two-day, I think; and plenty of herons. The latter first mentioned to me by Mr. Lumley, a pearl-buyer here, as an "egret" in Samarai is the wonderful species that M. Lyson established what I believe to be a personal protectorate over. This is a theory. These herons are similar to the reef species of the Solomons and none of us have seen or heard of an egret yet. We shall see. The knifishier must be migratory, and in its off-season; we have seen none yet on any of the Trobriands. Nov 7 - The inaccessibility of this place is perplexing. We have to walk 2½ miles to get to tracks that lead only to gardens. The best collecting ground is swamp and melted vegetation, mangrove & broken coral - about the first place I have yet struck out here where we simply cannot get about. Bess Kitea and Kalanna,