Tuesday April 24: Showers from dawn to mid morning. Very hot after that. Wind from northeast again. Spent morning preparing yesterday's plants. In afternoon went through the forest down Izod's south plantation boundary survey line to the coast. Tall gloomy forest occering very little to collect. A flying fox shot last night 'nothing in traps) brought total mammal collection to 96 specimens for two weeks. Soon after 6 AM Ailsa Hall walked into camp, having arrived at the anchorage at three o'clock on the Kedeluma en route for Goodenough and Ferguson. The boat brought a little cargo for us and local letters. At noon the Rev. Grant and his wife arrived to visit the Izod's and called on us. Grant is Chairman of the Methodist Mission of eastern Papua. Lives at East Cape. Haa been in the country 24 years. Told of bat caves at Bunama, down the coast of Normanby, and others, and a burial cave on the NE coast below Sawataitai Bay. Lionel and Gray returned from the mountains about 4 o'clock. Their aneroids differed, but averaged about 500 feet for a camp site chosen. This is not far from the sharp-topped tambu mountain which stands out clearly on the SW part of the island in from Bwasiasia. An old track followed most of the way to Ballantynes camp at about 900 feet. Track out from there to a bit over 3000 feet. A belt of Decrydium forest just below the camp site. Route reported practicable for box loads. Several crossings of the Lebudowa, then mostly a gradual ascent by spur ridges. The VC and Tinker left behind to clear the camp site. A promising outlook for our mountain work. Gray brought down specimens of an oak.