Gathered a few plants around camp. Made colored photographs of which a purple Bendro- biun #27811, collected on the trail yesterday. Were visited by three men from Hula village on IL S. coast. They want to work for us We might get carriers from the south coast for our return to Joe Landing. No traps out last night. No jacking. Saturday Aug. 25: A storm woke ke at 3 AMMore rain at dawn & after; then for about an hour 1 - ? PM. Nothing in the few traps set last night. Lionel and Rus out jacking for a while. Lionel fired some shots but got nothing. Two Pogonomys and 2 Petaurus cut by the mammal boys Lik-lik & Grubb. Flowers kept me in camp until this morning when I set out for Mt. Riu. Followed the pig-hunting trach which was Lionel(s route a few days ago. It went cc. east for 10 minutes& & perhaps 200 ft. altitude , then swung sharply to north along the crest of a main lateral ridge, rising several hundred feet hardly recognizable site of [illegible] OLD GIMIGIMABATA village. Then about east again, more or less straight for RIU peak. Reached the end of Lionel's cut track at an estimated 2000 ft. but track for 1 1/2 hours from there and appeared to be the lower sharp crest visible from near [illegible], Clouds then cleared temporarily to give me a glimpse of the true summit, about 2 mile to the south & 200-300 ft. higher than where I stood. Low scud covered my small crest. Caliphyllum, Melastomeceae, Myosi , broad-leaved Timorium. At Lionel's stopping place I collected a fine, fragrant Rhodendron growing as a slender shrub in low scrub edging a precipice. This altitude seemed to mark the limit of a big Decodyium abundant for 300-400 ft. lower down. Gathered in all about 10 spp. of orchids in flower, including 6 Dendrobiums. One of the dendrobs is the big spotted white sp. of Misima. Mist, rain and track cutting hampered my collecting. Got back to camp, wet under my raincoat, at 3PM. Fine, starry night. Only two boys out jacking. Lionel, weather permitting, will finish cutting track to the top of RIU tomorrow. About 203 hours cutting from my highest point, I estimate. Sunday Aug. 26: Overcast most of the day; no rain. Had to spend about two hours in morning waiting for brief spells of sunlight to photograph four of the plants collected yesterday. There is always the problem of cloud and wind in closeup color photography. Spent the day in camp, making pictures, and preparing yesterday's gatherings (38 numbers). Included was a small yellow-stemmed, very slender Calamus, the first of the genus I have collected in the Louisiades, and apparently identical with a species of Normanby Island. Saw a much larger species on the mountain yesterday. No Calamus seen on Misima. The Louisiades are very poor in palms. Nothing in traps last night, nothing shot. Rus jacked for 1 1/2 hours tonight for no results. Today Liopnel took four boys and finished cutting track to the tip of Riu. About 1 3/4 hours cutting from my last point. Grade not Woo bad. Since the day before we left Joe Landing, I have had trouble with my left shoulder. It might be rheumatism & coincidence with shoulder I dislocated on Mt. Daymanin 1953. It could be something else. I have not had rheumatism before.