307 It is undoubtedly of volcanic material. There is no water inside. A good trail leads across the basin up the opposite (W.) slope, through a gap and down another volcanic grass covered slope to the village of Liku, which is located on the beach near the middle of the S.W. side. The village has about 20 native houses and a population of about 60 ±. The inside of the enclos- ing shell of limestone, like its outside, is heavily wooded. Here and there on the transitional zone between the grassy basin and the limestone slope are small groves of coconut palms and cultivated patches of yams, sweet potatoes, manioc, bananas, etc. The collecting in the grassy basin was fair, but on the limestone slopes it was excellent. Here, for the first time in Lau; I found large landshells. Butterflies numerous including the swallowtail and Monarch. The large greenish weevil and several other beetles numerous. Leafhoppers, grasshoppers, wasps, bees and flies in great number and variety. Both the large dark olive gray and larger fuscous and yellow spiders present. The natives report numbers of snakes, both gray and black, but saw none of either. Small greenish lizards plentiful. Landing is so bad on the rough fringing reef at Liku that the natives have to carry all their copra etc. across the central basin to Salia. Made the acquaintance of a very intelligent part Tongan boy, who speaks fair English and has had much experience in trading in Lau. Hearing that two white men (Mr. Beck and myself) had gone up into the bush he followed us and gave us much valuable help and information. His name is William Wainginggolo [he spells it Wainigolo] and his home is in Lomaloma. William took me up a steep trail to Naireirei ("the lookout") where, at the time of the former wars between the Viti people of Lau and the Tongan invaders, there was an ancient village (now called Koro Matua "(olden village)"). He pointed out the high pinnacle on which a man always sat