Friday, April 4, 1924. Very curious place. People very polite and accommodating, giving me a plate of chicken, coconut pudding and bananas for breakfast; but watched, detained and hampered at every turn. When bird shooters (Hano and Isadore) came ashore, was finally allowed to leave my house and we were rowed down the lagoon to Fonua loa in company with Uikilifi, a policeman and the Magistrate, who stayed close to us all day, and needless to say, prevented efficient collecting. Nukumatau, nearly a mile S. of Fakaofa, covered with Buka, fala, etc. surrounded by a fringe of tall coconuts. Separated by two narrow entrances and a round islet from Patali(n)ga, which is the Protestant cemetery, the groves apparently beneath the coconut palms. Nukumatini with the small huts of the cemetery caretakers, about 150 yards S. Papaloa is a low sandspit with three coconut palms and a few bushes, mostly Pemphis (called ng). Nukulakia has the typical fringe of coconuts and knot of native trees in the center. Beyond is a low sandspit called Tawafua, with a half dozen coconut palms and a few Scaevola and Tournefortia. A few sandspits south of this have names, but are bare of vegetation. Roll 34:3 Fonua loa and the four Sakea islets, looking S. from the boat. Trees on Fonua loa and Their Tokelau Names. (From Magistrate). 1. Scaevola - gnasu marginal fringe 2. Tournefortia - tausunu marginal fringe 3. Noni - nonu fairly abundant 4. Tafono - puapua fairly abundant 5. coconut palms @ niu " " 6. Buka - Puka vai " " 7. Kou - kanava " "