Wed. April 11: Rain through much of the night; over 5-inches by Izod's gauge at the sawmill. Took one boy (GALEWINA of Kalokelo) and botanized near camp in the morning after come essential camp chores. Followed Izod's tram line (wooden rails) to the coast in Waikaiuna Bay, where a timber-loading wharf is to be built. Fine tall forest only partly logged over. Could not recognize many of the big trees; but some were Vatica papuana, others looked like other dipterocarps, and Pterocarpus indicus grew to big size on the low banks of a creek. Big old Calophyllum inophyllum on beach of the bay; a creeping Cyclophorus plentiful on its branches. Izod states that the millable logs in his forest are predominantly dipterocarps (Anisoptera. Hopea, spp., and Vatica). My plant gatherings mostly small trees of the rain forest edges, including a Mallotus, 2 Ficus, Meniltoa. Another 4 or 5 Miniopoteris and 2 more of the small Pteropus shot at dusk. One small snake taken; a few butterflies and dragonflies. Tuesday April 12: No rain last night; quite cool towards morning, when one blanket was hardly enough for comfort. Day sultry but not oppressive. Botanized north a short distance by old log-hauling trails. Nice lot of small and medium sized trees, a common Leptaspis of the forest floor, a beautiful little filmy fern on the base of a tree (a big Nephrolepis herb of edge of path), etc. and another fern common as ground plants), showy yellow-flowered acanthaceous herb of edge of path, etc. Had a second boy today (TAUGOVA of Morima). Neither shows any great promise yet. Both rather young to have confidence in presence of elders. Rainfall records from Izod: 1955. June (13 to 30 only) 8.11 inches July 57.15 August 23.06 September 41.16 October 8.18 November 7.26 December 5.49 130.39 1956. January 8.19 February 10.36 March 15.54 (Recordingd by an official gauge) A young brown cuscus from the hills a little south of us bought this evening for 5/-; white inside the ears. A pineapple and about 7-8 lbs sweet potatoes bought for 2/-; a big pumpkin yesterday for 2/-. Work of camp establishment nearly finished. The one big job has been the digging of a latrine pit in the very stony ground. Friday April 15: And a wet day. Intermittent heavy showers began about 5 am; not much let up, and some thunder, after lunch. Had to light a lamp to work by at 5 o'clock. Botanized part of the morning north along the government track towards Sewa Bay. Did not go more than 1/2 mile from camp. Fine tall forest with the usual abundance of big clean-boled brown-barked of what I take to be dipterocarps. Two palms found with nearly ripe fruits; one a slender pinnate species with red panicles, reminiscent of a much bigger sp. which occurred at out top camp on Goodenough Island in 1953; the other the smallest of two or three spp. of Calamus