Tuesday August 14: A heavy rain squall from the SE delayed our departure from Bwagaoa until 8:40 AM. Eric is not a seaman and is rather timid about his boat. The "Titan" is a 40-footer sloop rigged (she at least carries a jib), and has a new 40 h.p., Ailsa Craig engine. One bunk in the wheelhouse aft; no accommodation for passengers. Ryan uses her as a trading boat, picking up copra and shell, and selling manufactured goods. Has a big stock of trade on board this trip. Had a rather rough voyage on the open water past the Renard Islands and until we passed through the barrier reef of the Calvades Shain. This was at 1:30. At 2:25 stopped at the big island og Pana-Wina to set down a native passenger at Bunting's coconut plantation. At 4:05 anchored at small Nigahau Island to trade. I went ashore. Some goods sold for cash and bags left to be filled with copra which Eric will pick up on his return journey. Very clean village with about 20 houses. Houses quite big as a rule. A government resthouse and a new RC church, the latter still unfinished. The mission has a native woman teacher here. The resthouse used as a school. Several big built-up canoes on the beach; painted white. A number of japanese green glass fishing floats in the village. Left Nigahau at 4:45 and anchored for the night at Grassy (or Manim) island. Slept in the government resthouse on NW end of the island. Sandflies bad; big old megapode mound at resthouse; megapode calling at night. Wednesday August 15: Left Grassy Island 7:15 am. Village on north end of island, close to resthouse, has several old-style hog-backed houses. Gardens being and burned in relic bit of rain forest in gullies on the slopes. Passed along the south coast of big Pana-tinana or Joannet Island. Good forest cover on the west end of this island. All the islands of the Calvados Chain are hilly. Much grass on some of them; secondary condition following deforestation for cultivation. Looks like the dry season for these islands; numerous smokes from grass fires; many patches of newly burned grass. Reason for burning the grass not plain; there are no wallabies on the islands. Anchored to look for trade off a small village near Son-of-a-bith Point on Pana-tinana. A good bed of gold-lip pearl shell here, in 18 fathoms, and a number of lives have been lost in diving for it. Hence the name of the point, which seems to be Utana Point of the chart. Anchored at Nimoa at 9:15; headquarters of the Cathol c Mission in the Louislades. Good building; very well kept. Father Twomey, the one priest stationed here, was away in Samarai. Brother King, very young, clean looking Australian from Laverton, Victoria, temporarily in charge. A convent, with three European sisters, whom we did not see. Big white statue of Christ on the cross, and a flower-beddecked grotto of the Virgin. Brothrt King offered us rum and water. We had morning tea with him- nut bread and pretty little cakes and iced cookies. Mission has electric light and a boat. About 170 boys and girls in the school, which is now out on holidays. Mission has big food gardens on Sudest, across a couple of miles of water to the south. Our call at the station was largely to arrange for cargo from Samarai to be dropped there for us, and for making an arrangement with the mission to forward our cargo to us in their boat. Left Nimoa 10:45, passed Griffin Point at 12-25, anchored at Joe Landing at approximately 1:50. A good resthouse at Joe Landing (proper name, Inigailaui), and from it a track crosses the island, close to Mt. Riu or Rattlesnake, the highest peak (2645 ft.) on the island. A village policeman, one Bom, here. Genial man of middle age and small stature, well covered with y sipoma. Remembers the time when (about 1914 to 1915) one of the Eichhorns went in from Bowla village and spent a week on the mountain. According to Bom, Tommy Craig was with Eichhorn. Bowla village, perhaps 2-3 miles east along the coast, is no longer in existence, according to information received at the mission; a new village, Areda, has been built, about half-way between old Bowla and Joe Landing. Room enough in the resthouse for the three of us to live, for storage of all our gear and supplies, and for Rus and I (sic) to Work. Bad news on the radio that the scow "Kari", on which we traveled from Samarai to Bwagaocia, was wrecked about ten days ago on a reef in the Egum Group and is a total loss, Crew and passengers (2 Europeans included) were all picked up by the "muniara" on the