Feb. 18, Sighted Tutuila at daybreak and sailed along its south-east coast, one of the most luxurient I have ever seen, with the morning sun lighting up the emerald green hills. The vegetation commences at the waters edge, with clumps of coconut palms, amidst which are small native huts. Behind are the beautifully wooded hills, with occasional patches of light green ferns and grass. Pago Pago harbor at 7:30. A natural harbour, narrow, deep and, with its right angle turn and high surrounding hills, completely sheltered from all di- rections. After the usual visit from the doctor and customs officials, ashore and met Mr. Beck and Mr. and Mrs. Jose Correia, his assistant and wife. After getting a board the "France," met Lieut. Ertz, delivering to him letters from G. P. Wilder and by him introduced to the Governor, Capt. Kellog, to whom I delivered a letter and bottle of cane-borer parasite flies from Mr. Swezey. After lunch on board the "France" with Mr. and Mrs. Correia and Capt. E. A. Stenbeck, and after seeing the Ventura off at 1 P.M., was taken by Capt. Joe Steffany to Leone in his auto. Here we liberated the cane borer parasites. The ride from Pago Pago to Leone is a wild, rough, but beautiful one, along the sea coast and then through the forest. The lowland vegetation is very luxuriant. Among the numerous trees, bushes, ferns and grass I could recognize many common to the lowlands and lower rain forest of Hawaii. Some of these are as follows, the name in parenthesis being the Samoan native name:- hibiscus, hau (fau), breadfruit (ulu), common purple verbena (vau), sugar cane (tolo), pineapple (fala) (these two only under cultivation), pandanus - a broad leaved species different from that in Hawaii, coconuts (niu), birds-nest fern (avoka), mango, canna, ginger, kamani, cocoatree, silk-cotton tree, etc. ape (giant dry land taro) - (tanu). Besides Leone, where I met Mr. Prichard, store owner, and his wife, being served milk and cake by the latter, we visited Nuuli, which Steffany said was the largest native village on the island. It consisted of two or three oval sugar cane thatched, substantial houses, the walls of which were movable and and made of plated coconut leaves.