- which is the custom - as an encouragement. The chants were rather monoto- nous and modern. One was about the Kaiser and a soldier. Another about a chief who wanted a hat made but had no material from which to make it, etc. scarcely worth translating. The movements apparently had nothing to do with the words, although they were always performed the same for the same chant. The Buli Lovani is the active little man whom I met on the trail cros- sing the pass, October 15. He also was one of the leaders in the Levuka makes. Very pleasant man although he spoke no English. I gave the natives a long spiel about the work of the Museum and why we were down in the South Pacific collecting plants, catching insects, shooting birds and picking up ethnological specimens and information. When translated into Fijian the chorus of "venaka! venaka!" showed that they understood and approved. Tuesday, October 21, 1924. Lovoni to Levuka. Awakened at 5:30 by the missionary with bread and tea. Completed map of Ovalau interior and gathered topographical and other imformation until breakfast - 8 A.M. Roll 78:4. Mr. and Mrs. Correia, at Lovoni. (nonegalwi?) Roll 78:5. Epriame Kaitani and wife. (11621) (Epriame spoke excellent English and read such things as the Auckland Weekly News. He let me have an Iki, a stone hatchet and two ancient Taria which had belonged to his father and grandfather (see p. 32), at a very low figure only requesting that I take his picture). Roll 78:6. Sami, the missionary (my host); his father, Samueli Saurara and his (the old mans) nephew Wui, who packed my stuff over the ridge. (11622) Left Lovoni at 9:15, following the trail over the ridge pass to Levuka. The trail rises fairly steeply along a valley, then up a ridge between the