At least three other spp. of pandan are present on this locality, but sterile Crossed by canoe to a landing between Varivari village and the head of the bay and collected mostly in primary rain forest of fair quality. Also worked along the edges of two garden clearings, usually productive places for plants, for, from the clearings one can see the firest better than any other way. Interesting species include a little reddish ground orchid, the first Garcinia I have collected in the Louisades, although I have seen this or others before, and the second Pandanus for this island. At least three other spp. of pandan are present in this locality, but sterile. Lionel and Tinker, jacking last night, produced two blackish cuscus, a Dobsonia and a Pteropus. Traps on Boboe Island yielded 15 brown Rattus which Rus thinks is the large bristly rat of Sudest, of which we have only one other specimen. Shot by accident last night was a fair-sized, rather dark frogmouth Podargus which Rus has picked. The call of the frogmouth here differs from that of any other I have heard. It begins with a succession of bubbly sounds and ends with two or three clashes of the bill. Our messenger sent to Madua returned this evening with a letter from Bill Callenan. He cannot take us to Rossel before Monday 24th. Expects to be here at 3 to 4 in the afternoon of that day. During the afternoon a councillor of Joe Landing arrived with mails- 17 letters from me and a lot for Rus. This had been dropped at Joe Landing by Timberley (District Commissioner), who sent a note saying that our cargo on Betty Ann, landed at Nimoa, had been sent across to Griffin Point. Will arrange for Callenan to pick it up on the 24th. Timberley is investigating a report of Teague having seduced a native girl at Joe Landing. The lass went to the mission at Nimoq and reported the matter to the sisters. My mail contains a letter from Van urging that our original plan be adhered to and Woodlark be visited, and in addition, the Trobriends. A letter from John K. Howard, Marine Laboratory, University of Miami, requests information on the occurrence of marlin, sailfish and spearfish in this part of the Pacific. Monday Sept. 17: A wet day and very little field work done, A break in the rain between about 9:30 and one o'clock, Rain mostly not very heavy. Sent the boys out for a while in the morning while I worked on plants and insects on hand. They found several plants new to the collection including what I take to be Carellia of the Rhizophoraceae -- a dry land tree of the mangrove family. This tree rather common in the primary rain forest of the ridges, but not seen in flower before. Tinker, out jacking last night between showers, shot a cuscus, the only mammal on the table today. Tuesday Sept. 13: The disturbed weather continues, with strong gust of SE wind day end night, but only a few small showers today. Botanized east past Varivarai village to a creek, rather bigger than the Bambuso, which, where I struck it, was big enough to carry a new canoe which had been cut out of a tree. Recollected the Vatica (gum tree) of the island, my previous material being rather scanty. Nothing else of much interest. Nothing in traps. Rus shot a Pteropus conspicillatus and two Nyctimene. Lionel, out for 2½ hours last night, got nothing, which is unusual for him.