Thursday, July 24, 1924. At sea all day, N.E. of Astrolabe tacking against a head wind in early morning, and S. of Ngau in afternoon, after the wind had shifted. Head sea made the trip rough and in the late afternoon a heavy blow necessitated reefing both sails. Spent day reading. Rough night. Friday, July 25, 1924. Wind lighter in morning. Daylight found us to S.E. of Moala. Wrote out some notes regarding Tanager insects, which I had formulated. Spent morning roading in cabin because of rain. Late afternoon we passed south of Kambara. Coccinellid found on deck. It probably was blown aboard as we passed Totaga, the wind having been from that direction. In the evening, while drawing charts of Ongea and Fulanga the large kerosene lamp rocked over on me, showering me with the broken fragments of the chimney and globe and nearly causing a small fire. Saturday, July 26, 1924. Skinned a rat caught on board "France" before breakfast, also preserving the skull and stomach. To south of Fulanga and S.W. of Ongea in morning. Anchored off N.W. point of Ongea ndrite, E.S.E. of Barraconta passage, by which we entered the lagoon. From the ship all the southern islands:- Kambara, Wangava, Marambo, Fulanga and both Onga appear flat, with but few prominent elevations. Much of the coast line rises sharply from the waters edge, which is undercut by the waves. These cliffs rise only to a height of 10 to 60 feet, but compared with the height of the islands (200' to 400') they are large. They are broken (especially on the S. and E. sides of Fulanga by sand beaches flanked with Mangrove and behind them coconuts and the usual beach trees and shrubs.