numbers under dry fallen leaves and twigs. Also collected a few of "Dr. Cook's Special Brand", 1000 per cubic centimeter, minute red brown shells under dead leaves and moist twigs on the ground. Came out on S.E. coast near east end of island, in a small bay flanked by coconut grove. Some good sized trees of Casuarina and Pemphis toward the E. point on the rocky bluff, and the usual beach flora. The east point is deeply undercut, up to 25 or 30 feet in places, with a 40' or 50' cliff above. In one place the wall has broken down leaving a great heap of huge limestone boulders. Just around the E. point on the N. side and several small islets, close in. In the fairly shallow channel between the beach and the islets a character- istic marine growth has developed:- live coral; green, moss-like sea weed; green backed crabs with red-brown legs; bright blue star-fish; greenish Arthropods, about 4 inches long and intermediate between a cray fish and a "sowbug". Bril- liant little blue fish scoot in and out of holes. A sand beach begins just west of the point on the north side and stretches westward for about 1/2 mile. There is one cove containing coconut palms. Walked the length of the beach and crossed the high ridge to the S. side, just east of the Double peak, without seeing any tree or plant in fruit or flower not previously collected. The landshells are abundant here, on rocks, dead leaves and live leaves and trunks. Only small or very small sp. however. Decended back into the central flat. The large grasshopper is fairly numerous in the lowlands. Collected quite a number of insects. Over to the village. Watched several women making bark cloth ("Tapa"). It is made from the sapwood of a small tree or tall, slender shrub, growing to a hieght of 3 or 4 m., called Masi (Broussonetia papyrifera) the paper mulberry plant, from which tapa is made all over the Pacific. The sticks of this wood are about