an attractive and paying plantation of it. Prior to the hurricane he was cutting 200 or more tons of copra a year and might get that much again in a year or so. He came aboard the "France" with his daughter Lily in the afternoon. Roll 69:1 Mr. H. H. Steinmetz and daughter Lily on deck of France. (11563) Mr. Beck collected a large Brenthid or Scolydid (?) Mrs. Correia secured another couple of Kingfisher Hippoboscid flies. Friday, September 26, 1924. Underway at 6 A.M. from Munia for Thikombia. Anchored off north side opposite two small sand beaches at 7:20 A.M. in 13 fathoms. Ashore and around the north east, east and south sides to the village, walking partly on the beach and in places climbing over rough spurs. The island is an interesting one geologically. The north face is entirely of , high elevated coral limestone, percipitous in places and reaching a height of fully 500 feet. This ridge with one diagonally across the middle and hill on the west, all of coral limestone, enclose an undulating plateau of volcanic material which averages about 80 to 100 feet lower than the summit peak near the middle of the diagonal ridge (550'). The eastern half of the island cons- sists of small spurs of volcanic material - conglomerate made up of lumps of lava cemented together with coarse sand, radiating out from a central wooded hill or rather covered ridge. This ridge is separated from the diagonal lime- stone ridge by a low gap connecting the heads of two deep valleys. Noted one dyke about 4 or 5 feet wide on the extreme south east point, running into the face in a south by west direction. Noted that the conglomerate on this S.E. point dipped E.S.E. about 15° or 20°. The N.E. beach is sand with a rocky north point. The west beach is partly undercut shelf, and toward the S.W. point another sand beach. The south and east beaches alternate between sand with sandstone (outcrops) beneath, and black lava boulders. In places there