Monday April 16: Occasional showers towards daylight, and some heavy ones between 11 o'clock and noon. Spoke by Izod's radiophone with Ken Lee of Buntinhs to order a few minor items of which we find ourselves short. Izod has a schedule with Samarai every 9.15 am. The service a boon to residents of the outposts. The sets work on wet cells. Bota nized down the coast a bit past Kikisu Point, about 1½ miles from camp. Small rather steep beaches of gray gravel; a change to red volcanic rock at the point. Usual littoral forest fringe of great Calophyllum trees, occasional Barringtonias, and smaller beach trees such as Guettarda speciosa Scaevola koenigii and Tournefortia. Six carriers from Bwasisia, escorted or accompanied by two village policemen, a councillor, and what appeared to be a mission teacher (he was wearing cross and chain) arrived in camp shortly before noon and Lionel left with them (4 carriers) for Bwasisia and the mountains after lunch. An old man named Ginger, formerly employed by Lionel's father and now a village policeman at Sewa Bay, came along to say that if the trail from Bwasisia to the high places was found to be too rough and steep he would show us a good one leading south from Sewa Bay. Plenty of men for carriers in Sewa Bay, he said. Not much labor available in Bwasisia area. On my way back to camp before lunch called on an old gold prospector named Bert Crozier, who lives in a very neat and well built shack on the beach of Waikaiuna Bay. Evidently a very old man. Very neat and clean. Well spoken. Has lived on the island for 25 years. If he has a native woman I saw no signs of her presence. Showed me about 1-2 oz. of good coarse gold from the east side of the island. Said to contain about 10% of dross. No reef has been found on the island. Crozier says the best approach to the mountains in which we are interested is from the Sawataitai side. I can't see any indication of this on the map. Tuesday April 17: A little rain last night, thundery and threatening after dawn; more showers after about 4 o'clock. Weather here indicates good conditions for Lionel's mountain climb today. But every cloud, day and night, has a shower in it. Made a circuit down to Waikaiuna Bay, and back through Izod's coconut plantation. Collected 13 species but nothing of special interest. Fine tall forest lush with palms and herbaceous growths, on low ground close behind the coast. Having no watch I was back in camp by 10 o'clock, thinking it was much later. Both my waterproof watches have taken in rain on this trip, the first on Mt. Marirata back in March, the second in Samarai. Both sent to townsville by air for attention. The first came back the day we left Samarai for this camp, and after a week's wear the glass fell out of it. Four of the small grey rats in traps set by the boys last night. Rus, jacking, shot another Nyctimene. Yesterday afternoon I sent the spare, sipoma-infected boy (Kwailakwaila of Kalokalo) out with an axe to look for trees containing Pogonomys This morning he resumed the search and brought in three specimens, very wet and with tails half skinned through being yanked from the tree hollows. Late in the day one of Izod's boys brought in three more specimens in perfect condition. He asked for and received 4 sticks of trade tobacco in payment. We now have 12 mammal spp. for the camp, which is pretty good for a week. Wed. April 18: Hardly any sun and many showers today. Too wet for much field work in the morning. John Wormsley (Forest Botanist) and Ted Grey (Regional Forest Officer) arrived on the govt. vessel Huon at noon. They plan to spend a week with us. John brought