Following the creek we reached the broad top of the range at 880 feet, according to the o-mile military map. The forest rather mossy there on the ground and the buttressed bases of the larger trees. The forest to a large extent dominated by a great Syncarpia with reddish-brown bole up to 1.5 m thick. A splendid tree, very conspicuous in the forest, and a very good botanical find. So far as I know there are only two known spe- cies, both natives of eastern Australia). A Podocarpus (aff. neriifolius) a common tree attaining lesser canopy size. The Syncarpia is called . Botanized along the top of the range as it fell towards Kwagai, collecting mainly ferns. The forest also lately virgin, and a pleasure to walk in after the much disturbed growths of Kulumadeu. Mostly very open on the ground. Gray moss cushions (Leucobryum?) very abundant on the ground on the more open parts of the ridge crest. A filmy fern, growing in moss on the buttressed bases of the larger trees, was shrivelled by the dry weather. The Syncarpia trees were often obviously hollow, and two small ones that I had cut down were rotten inside and had only a shell of hard, brown wood. Pig rootings common on the ridgecrest. Lionel put a No. 2 charge into the side of one sow, which made off ahead a a hue and cry - a native from Lului having just arrived with his dog and an iron spear. Lunched in the forest not far from Kwagai, which we reached about 2 o'clock. There with his numerous family in a tarred, dilapidated flattice motor, was halfcaste George Watkins, brother-in-law of Arthur Dawkins. A pleasant fellow, big and strongly built, and apparently a bit naive runs the Dawkins plantation and dabbles in this and that on the cide. Said to be heavily in debt, and supporting, besides three or four children of his own, the four kids of a dead brother. Another brother, Billy, lives alone in the bush to the south of Monai Bay. Said not ot have had a haircut or beard trim for years. Seldom has contact with other humans; lives on the products of a garden, and flour, etc., carried to him by George. George was on a visit to him today. Leaving Kwagai soon after 2 o'clock, we botanized about the entrance to Kwagai Passage, on the Monai side Bat side, working the limestone which rises in cliffs from the sea. A Fragaea very abundant here, scenting the air with its big white flowers. The limestone has been described by Stanley as probably Tertiary. It is very different from the Pleistocene corals of the west end of the island. Sheer walls in places; in other places eroded into pinnacles of very jagged form. There is a little soak of cool fresh water in the limestone at the east side of the entrance to the passage which the local natives call "Mr. Gill." With a light southeast breeze behind us, we had a good run and arrived at the tie- up place on Kulumadeu Creek at 5:45. On the way up to the cyanide plant lionel shot a slow-flying Miniopteris. Upon return to camp we found that Rus had this evening shot a second Emballoneura with curiously protruding lips, new to the collection and the 19th species for the Wood- lark collection. This makes Woodlark the best island so far for mammal forms. Top before was Fergusson, with 18 species. Monday Nov. 19: Fine sunny day except for a useful shower about 1:30 pm, which put some water into our almost empty tank. The boys, for the first time, had been carrying water today. Stayed in camp to work on the 42 numbers collected on the inland excursion. The best lot of plants I have gathered on the island. They boys in the afternoon collected a few numbers down towards the landing. Lionel, guided by the Kropan councillor, examined two caves in the vicinity of the site of the original government station at Bonigai, about 1½ miles to the SW of Kulumadeu. One of the caves contained several human skulls in good condition, complete with lower mandibles, but neither held any bats. Some distance inside the skull cave, a pool of water blocked further progress. The caves of the island have been singularly in bats. On the excursion Lionel shot a Nyctimene, the second for the island. A rat or two in traps. An Ascelliscus shot by Rus.