Collected as far as the end of the luxuriant vegetation, about half way to the village of Karomaci. Ashore again at 2 P.M. Caught a series of small crabs on the mud flat just seaward of the mangrove swamp. Caught number of Halobates, driven up the small streams by the heavy wind. Followed a trail directly mauka, into a valley which leads up on the west side of Koro Levu. Past taro patches, bananas, papaya trees, coconuts, eto. Saw a peculiar shaped fern like this:------ It was flat on top, about 2-3 feet across and 2-3 feet high. Fern common in lowlands Scrambled up the slope to the edge of the native vegetation, catching a number of leaf hoppers, beetles, small wasps, flies, etc. by sweeping the bushes and ferns. Collected specimens of ti which looked different from Cordyline termanilis, having purple and white flowers and berries red when ripe. Also collected an erect shrub with spicy leaves and stem. Back to schooner. Correia gave me a specimen of epiphytic plant, re- sembling mistletoe. Wind strong again in the evening, accompanied by showers. Saturday, July 5, 1924. Damp drizzly morning with high wind blowing. To the summit of Koro Levu (1212'). Ashore at 7:30 and took trail leading east from N.E. corner of harbor. This good trail crosses the island through a pass just north of Koro Levu, Red flowering canna. Milkweed common, but no Monarch butterflies seen. Passed a few Polistes wasp nests in the underbrush. Collected a number of beetles and microhymenoptera by "whacking" the yellow flowered composite (Plant 226). Brown and metallic green scutellistid bug on tree 263. Fern 263 largely