brown pods and small sub-elliptical leaves (No. 426); hau; coconut palms; No. 443; No. 444 with fiberous brown fruits', in pairs, and milky on the tree; pemphis; dilo (Calophyllum inophyllis); etc. Good sized ridge (about 200 feet high) along part of west arm, thickly covered with trees. Small clump of Casuarina (cau) on the beach. Boerhaavia herbs; prostrate running grass; three leaved leguminous vine (called voasae); Chaenopodium-like shrub; all under coconut grove on beach. Also the shrub (climbing over rocks on beach at Moala) with small 4 locule green to brown capsules, grows here as a low shrub. Blue-bottle flies on dead fish. Large long legged spider frequent on its sticky orange web. Small brown dragonfly (the common Pacific sp.) here; not noticed on Ongea. Leafhoppers, grasshappers, small bugs, small flies and wasps, etc. in grass. One small leafhopper had a red parasite on right "shoulder." Winged Ant-liar in grass. Over short but steep trail to village of Novindom which is situated on lagoon side. Given a cordial reception by inhabitants. Roll 59:3. Some of the inhabitants of Novindom in front of one of the (11509) houses. Roll 59:4. Unthatched house frame at Novindom. (11510) Returned to Minerah village over a very good trail along the lagoon and over the ridge. The lagoon is lined for the most part with mangrove swamp, with lowland forest running up the rocky slopes behind. A trail also connects Munerah with lagoon beach. Here a number of native canoes are moored. Roll 59:5. Typical Fijian canoe and group of native fisherwomen. (11511) From them (the native women), learned the names of several of my plants:- the yellow composite is called kulukulu, the common "maile fern" is vatsivats'i, the common tree with dull red capsules = matadra (Missiessya corymbulosa),