road to Matuu village and ascended steep ridge along an overgrown trail to near summit. Steep scramble to summit. Roll 43:1 View of Nuuuli village and S. slope from Fafiga Peak. (11445) Collected a few insects and plant specimens on ascent, quite a number of landshells, which are everywhere abundant on leaves of the moist forest trees and fern fronds. Large spiders on banana and breadfruit leaves, and a translucent yellowish caterpillar inside banana bud. Large chordate leaves of a climbing vine much eaten by small gray and black caterpillars. Quantities of medium size yellow moths. Small brown termite makes large mud nests and runways on tree trunks. Black weevils of various sizes on leaves, some of which are badly eaten. Large native Anthonyid fly, large yellow brown fly and slender purple (wasp-like) flies abundant. Many small to moderate size purple-legged hermit crabs, even well mauka (called maú and maríga in Samoan). The ridge fromation is very similar to that on Oahu:- High steep forehill, topped by a steep knob; behind which the ridge drops down 50 to 100 feet, becoming a thin knife edge. This slopes gradually up to a second knob to fall off again, becoming progressively steeper until the summit is reached. The main difference is in the vegetation, the Tutuila ridges being well wooded right down to the beach. It commenced raining soon after my arrival at the summit. On the return was only able to collect landshells. Thursday, April 17, 1924. Flag Raising Day - celebrating 24th anniversary of U.S. in Eastern Samoa. Took Rolls 43:2 to 44:6 of the exercises and sports as follows:- Roll 43:2 First raising of American flag on schooner "France." (11446) " 43:3 Marine Barracks with crowd assembled to hear speeches. (11447) " 43:4 Chief Bos'n Huxford, commander of U.S.S. Ontario and Capt. Bell of British Army. (11448)