(184) Night rain squalls but with favoring wind we passed through the Amphlett islands and stood out for Cape Labadiere the NW extremity of Ferguson Is. Rounded the point and negotiated Moresby Strait. Flocks of tern, mostly noddies about; I could discern no shearwaters. Reached anchorage at 3 P.M. in a small unnamed bay about three miles south of the strait. High land is immediate but looks too steep to offer good camping possibilities. I saw a black and white duck, new to my cognizance and a hornbill; crows, coctators, parrot, and smaller birds are seen and heard. Ferguson Is. is the central island of the D'Entrecas- teaux group with Normanby Is., to the southward and Goodenough to the north west, (Moresby Strait separating the latter is about 4 miles wide interspersed with islands. Paws son Strait, separating the former is about 5-6 miles wide) situated between Lats. 9°19'15" and -9°42'30'5, and Longs. 150°26'- and -150°57'15" W." -extract from giological report. The three are of undoubted volcanic origin, Ferguson only retaining active evidence of seis- mic activity, revealed in boiling sulphur springs, great steam vents, etc., located in the W and SW part in- land from Seymour Bay. Here is found a rather large salt lake - "Rabua." There are several others. Nov. 12- "Kara-Kara" is the name of this anchorage. It te-