Rus and his two boys left for Kulumalia some time late in the morning to hunt bats in the mine tunnels; Lionel with them. Lionel returning this evening, reports about 60 bats of 4 spp. taken, including Hipposideros diadema and a small golden Hipposideros also new to the collection. This makes 13 spp. of mammals for the camp. Wet weather is affecting the health of the boys. Tubuga still sick with fever and a cold; Galuwine half sick this afternoon. I still have symptoms of dysentery. A native from Boiu village this am with twi fish, bought for two stick of tobacco. Friday July 27: Steady light rain much of last night. Overcast and at times misty today until about 12:30 when showers began again. Rainy, squally night. Really rotten weather. Botanized down towards Boiu village, following a formerly much used old path which in a few minutes entered good forest undamaged by the cyclone. Track followed the crest of a ridge. Gentles slope most of the way (about 1/2 hour walk back to the road). Bulk of the forest characterized and in parts dominated by the winged dip- terocarp known as RUL. Places on the ridge crest along the path were quite open, as if travelers rested there. In one place I saw the remains of an old native shelter. No traces of fire elsewhere. The open places puzzling to me. Saw an old boy's meat tin, and a new packet in which a brand of German safety blades had been packed. First part of the track clayey and slippery after the rains. Farther down one walked on numerous surface roots which give poor footing. Dense undergrowth of young or low Freycinetia and a delicate Selaginella along the path in the dipterocarp forest. Interesting big trees were a Schizomeria and what appears to be a Metrosideros with very hard dark wood. Had Galuwina and Sipoma work the head of the Ara Creek for crustaceans, partly for specimens, partly for food. Catch poor (perhaps better to hunt at night with a light), but we have at least two species in pickle. Common large-nipped sort, and a much smaller one with a broad pale stripe down the back. Rus returned from Kulumalia sometime during the morning. His take in the mine was 62 bats of 4 spp. (Hipposideros 3, Rhinolophus 1). He has pickled about half the catch. Skinned out half of the remainder today. Has the rest in Gladstone's ice box for treatment tomorrow. Woke this morning to find I had recovered from my diarrheal complaint; was on diodoquin for two days at 4 tabs a day. Saturday July 28: The worst weather yet for this camp; mist all day; no sign of the sun; a thunderstorm from east late in the morning brought heavy squally rain; light drizzle much of the time. Botanized down the road in the mist to a short distance past the Unura turnoff; sheltered from the thunderstorm under sheets of galvanized iron on the turnoff. Plants mostly common roadside things. Included, however, were a Podocarpus frequent as a cano- py tree in the rainforest, and a small creeping Selaginella. Traps last night yielded a young specimen of the Pogonomelomys?; one of the two bat nets the first Nyctimene geminus for the island. There is a big size difference in the Rhinolophus taken from the Kulumalia mine, indicating perhaps two species. If this is so, we now have 15 mammal species for the island. Rus (rather late ) has a lamp under drying racks for his mammal skins. Nothing will dry this weather without heat. Clothing washed at the beginning of the week still is not dry. Trampled clayey ground at camp is terribly slushy (a good inch deep.) Sunday July 29: Big change for the better in the weather. Bright early morning. too. Weather still SE. Working on materials on hand (drying and packing plants and insects). Sent the boys yesterday afternoon to cut down a big tree on which, on my first day in the field I saw an epiphytic Vaccinium in flower. Failing to down the big hard-wooded yesterday they finished the job today. Photographed a very pretty Frey- cinetia collected some days ago - it had been lying in the rain ever since.