chromid flies, small black gnats, and black crane flies. Gray muscid flies (as on Tanager expedition) and house flies. The W. end is luxuriant, moist, with dense patches of ferns underneath the trees; including large birds-nest ferns, called lau mea. Reef of W. end about 50-60 yards wide, with only a moderate surf breaking. Beach of sandstone slabs and pebbles steep, but 10'-12' high. The luxurious vegetation comes right down to beach. Small sea shells (see bottle full) under rocks and coconut bushes and debris on beach, called olava. Roll 32:1 West beach of Fonua Fala, looking south. My three small guides on the coconut palm. Note how vegetation overhangs the beach. Bananas = fai, papaia = esi, nutgrass = muta, mosquitoes = namu, flies = lago. Black Odynems-like wasp with yellow bands called tagi susu. Roll 32:2 Island of Fakaof o from the reef, looking E.S.E., with the three small boys in the foreground. Roll 32:3 Same, a little closer. Arriving in Fakaof o at 3 P.M. photographed a wedding feast. Roll 32:4,5 Feast and guests in honor of wedding. Roll 32:6 The bride - Litia, groom - Kupa, best man, brides maid and minister and attendants. They presented the lau fola (Pandanus) hat. Reviewed the military company, a group of 20 young men dressed in white lavalavas and six British army belts, leis of banana leaves over their shoulders and of fala and puapua flowers about their heads. They drilled very well in- deed with wooden guns, under the direction of Captain Uikilifi, who gave the commands in semi-English, even to progressive bayonet exercises and "silent" movements. The "band" consisted of a kerosene can beat by a young girl. Roll 34:1 The military company and some of their girl sponsors and "band". Back to the schooner for the night in order to press plants and put