side but directly in front of the village is a tree covered hill. The zone of coconuts continues but toward the S.E. point it becomes narrowed and pushed inland by a marginal mangrove swamp. The trail runs in- land mounting a plume grass covered slope and descending into a broad valley. Came upon a small area of sisal and collected some fruit to complete No.472 (collected at Namuka-i-Lau). Shortly after leaving Waitambu passed a native tying lengths of a slender rope-like liana together. He said it was walai (Entada scandens) and that he was going to use it for a fish net support. A small patch of wild pineapples on trail side. Saw a gray tomcat (wild?) In places the trail was very muddy. This is supposed to be a dry region and this the dry season of the year, but Mr. Steward tells us that they have had most unusual and unprecedented rainfall. Nukumuku consists of a score of native huts, two or three frame shacks and a small church, located on a deep, mangrove bordered bay at the south- east end. Just before reaching the village passed the mouth of a small but deep valley, up which I could see the rough, bold outline of a peak (Kendi Kendi?). Just north of the village the brown plume grass covered hills have been burned off in places. At the east end of the trail is well inland, between 1/4 and 1/2 mile from the beach; the space between being occupied by lowland trees and mangrove thickets. The area immediately south of Yandrana is all broken up into small hills and undulating ridges. The trail turns N.W. across the edges of these. Yandrana is a fairly large village situated on the banks of a good size stream - somewhat inland, the coast being fringed with mangroves. A high nar- row ridge runs inland from behind the village. From here to Vakano the trail is inland, with a very extensive grove of