Tuesday Nov. 20: A dry, hot day, and again the water tank is almost empty. A slight breeze from about west. This is an unusually dry spell for Kulumadau. This afternoon, about three o'clock, temperature was 88 F at my work table. Botanized about two miles along the Bonivat Road for very little (about 10 num- bers including a couple of mosses). Most interesting plants were two very bulky Aralia- ceae, one of which I think is Pelendra. Both have big rayed leaves (one palmate, one palmisect). Three Rattus in traps. Nothing shot last night. Two boys were out for four hours or more, hunting for cuscus, but did not see a thing. Lionel checked stires and made up lists for the supply of the Trobriands camp. A radiogram from Buntings advises that the Kedeluma is due to arrive here at 5 pm Thursday. Wed. Nov. 21: Another hot, rainless day with moderate SE winds. Went to Boiboi in Neate's smaller launch to examine the forest for ebony. Rus went with me. Found five big trees 15-22 inches in diameter (said to be about 40 in the area) but all were sterile. There is confusion about ebony, at least in the minds of two of Neate's boys who were with me. The true ebony has a roughish bark and white sapwood of rather heavy weight. Another tree, pointed out to me as GAI or ebony had similar leaves, bit lightweight wood and reddish sap, and was a nutmeg. The true ebony might be another nutmeg. Sterile specimens I have from Luluai should be adequate for identifica- tion tp family. (It might be Theaceae. The leaf does not look like Ebenaceae). Boiboi is on the west side of the outer harbor. It used to be the deep water port for Kulumadau. There was formerly a slipway for small ships there. Four synconycteris in the bat nets. Nothing in traps. No shooting. Closed down the botanical department for Woodlark. Have collected 243 numbers in- cluding 19 bryophytes, 1345 herbarium sheets of specimens. This is our poorest island for plants. It is worse than Rosel, which at least had mountains to bring in elements other lowland. The woodlark forests actually are poor in species of all categories. There is probably quite a lot of endemism. Many of the plants occur also in the Louisi- ades but not on the other islands we have visited. There is a complement of common species right through the islands from the d'Entrecasteaux to the Louisiades and Woodlark, some of them being familiar also from the ma inland. Thursday Nov. 22: Mixed weather. Hazy early morning followed by a very heavy SW rain squall about 9am. Scattered distant showers and thick haze. Am closing these notes at 3 pm. The "Kedeluma", due at 5 O'clock, is not in sight, as it it should be if it is to arrive on time and allow us to load this evening. Mammals for the island total 19 species, 181 specimens of which 105 are skins and skulls. Frogs number 44, snakes 21. lizards 29, crayfish 8. Day flying insects have turned out well. At first, night catching was good, but with onset of the recent dry weather proceeds from the light fell to practically nil. In haste Len Friday Nov. 23 — Monday Nov. 26: Voyage Woodlark to Samarai The "Kedeluma" arrived at 1:15 pm on the 2rrd, a day overdue. Reasons the native Skipper, Iam, had hus young wife on board, and dawdled on the way. At 5:45 am on the 24th we left Kulumadau and at 2:03 we anchored in the lee of the