Mr. and Mrs. Correia and Mr. and Mrs. Beck and three sailors carrying provisions and supplies arrived between 10 and 11. Down to Safune after lunch, carrying down plant press and other speci- mens, in order to get more supplies for two weeks stay. Swept ferns and trail- side plants all the way down, collecting a number of moths and small specimens. Stopped in at Nelson's store and had interesting talk on semi-scientific and pseudo-ethnological subjects with the agent, Mr. David. He showed me a "geneology of Safune" (see p. 124 ) and told me much concerning the island and people, based on 30 years residence. He is a brother-in-law of Mr. Nelson, who, according to David, is quite an authority on Samoan lore. On board schooner, pressed plants, put away specimens, cleaned up cyanide bottles, etc. Tuesday, May 6, 1924. Spent morning mending shoes, trousers, insect net, and getting together bottles, blotters and supplies for stay in mountains. Wrote Dr. Ball as there was a trading schooner in port bound for Apia. Traced small map of Savaii. Ashore at 1:30 and hiked up to taro patch hut, carrying 75 pounds of supplies. Anaroid read 1275' Wednesday, May 7, 1924. Split up some dead wood obtaining bottle full of termites and beetle larvae. Made series of observations with compass to determine approximate location of base camp:- Cape Puaa Mauga point Nuualogo point Sosina "Franco" Fagamalo (?) Top 1750 flow Depression on Mountain Side 263° Mag. 262° " 268° " 321° " 347° " 7° " 226° " 1970"