Friday, August 8, 1924. Navutu iloma, southwest and west end. Ashore at 7 A.M., landing on a sand beach just within the N.W. bay. The point extending N. to westward is rocky and covered with Casuarina. This tree is more abundant here than anywhere so far (since Moala) growing both on the rocky beaches and on the summit ridges, especially where windswept. The west and south western portions of the island are very rough, with deep bays running in from the west and south, the arms of which are choked with mangrove thickets. The sharp narrow ridges between the arms, as well as higher localities consist of typical "badland" formation, with deep pot holes, jagged rock cliffs and thick scrub. Crossed near the west side and returned across west central portion to the middle one of the three northern points. The roughness of the country can be estimated by the fact that it took me from 7:15 A.M. to 3 P.M. to go about one mile; and that I lost nearly all the hob- nails from the soles of my shoes and quite a bit of my shirt, Collected specimens of a tree with moderate small spherical green to yellow green fruit and exceedingly fragrant white flowers; probably the same as "puapua" collected in Samoa etc. (No. 454). Saw a gray and light brown owl. It came out from a shallow cave on S.W. side. Caught very few insects in the interior. But obtained quite a number of specimens sweeping grass and shrubs on the sand beach, west side of middle N. point, including a Pipunculus fly. Collected a few landshells, most of them of the flat olive green species, on tree trunks. Mr. Buck caught several snakes. Saturday, August 9, 1924. Sailed and rowed across with Mr. Boek to Yangasa levu. Landed in small