Spent half the morning working on specimen hand (worked a shift on the dryer last night, things not drying well). Then, with Ron Osborne, my two botany boys & a Rasahl Islander of Ron's, went to the summit of the mountain. Did the climb of 400-500 ft. in 40 minutes. Some very steep places, one, a rock face, being dangerous. I used a rope on this. We were fortunate in having good views from the top, especially of Atabela anchorage, the Gingu coast and East Point. Could just get a glimpse of Tounga Bay on the west end of the island. Left my name in a letter which Ron and Lionel placed there yesterday in a 1 lb. bottle tied to a tree with monel wire). Mt. Rossel, 2750 ft. (does not seem so high, when on top of it as Mt. Riu or Sudest, 200 ft. down. It is even more limited in area than Riu and its flora is poorer. Top covered with a dense, rather mossy scrub 10 - 15 ft. high in which a Metro sideros (?) (sterile) & a Tomonius were the principal [illegible] items. My idea of bait changing brought no results from traps. But there were good results from two boys sent out last night with a Coleman lamp to hunt for frogs. Lionel out jacking, shot a cuscus A small Hipposideros shot in camp by Rus. Ron returned to Abaleti after lunch. Have decided to close this not very profitable camp on Saturday. Two days ago when a Ginju counselor was in camp with fresh food, I asked I asked for 33 carriers to come up the mountain Saturday morning Friday Oct. 19: All last night the moon and stars shone brightly our first clear night and first glimpse of the stars at this camp. Same sort of overcast day as yesterday. A slight sprinkle in afternoon. Bptanized along the track as far as Gibbon's camp towards Abaleti. Collected a few good things including a fourth species of palm for the camp and in Eichhorn's old clearing, a smooth tree Quintinia . I have on hand some material that I can dry and tonight will work another night shift with the oven. Traps yielded a half-grown blackish brown female Melomys, first mammal trapped here (Kim ghe cook got it); bait was a bit of sweet potato; another Hipposideros in the bat net; shot a Macroglossus. A cuscus shot last night by Lionel. The Osbornes sent up, for nailing to a tree in camp, a heavy bit of sheet lead with the history of the camp site stamped on it . The Osbornes were here first in 1909. See attached rubbing. Saturday Oct. 20: A threatening morning with enough rain to wet the tents and flies before we could get them down at the mountain camp. I left at half past eight, to collect on the way. More than enough carriers were met traveling up the slopes soon after I started down. We had 31 loads. The transport arrived at Jinju before noon. Nothing in traps last night. Four cuscus shot by Tinker with four shells. Had very good collecting on the track. My best day on the island. Interesting things included a red-flowered Gesneriaceous vine (like (Bignoniaceae) which I found on Fergusson and Normanby, and a fine big Marattia with tripinnate leaves. Saw oaks in the forest at about 200 meters. Father Twomey of Nimos, on a visit to Jinju, called at the resthouse to talk with us . Short, stocky man of open countenance, who started the mission in 1947. Sunday Oct. 21: Heavy rain from the NE last night measured 64 points [illegible] at the mission. A sultry day, it seemed to me, despite a good NE breeze off the sea. Spent nearly all day preparing yesterday's plant collection. The rest house is big enough Rus and I to work in. It already stinks of cuscus.