by a native and his wife. Coffee doing very well. Drank coconut milk, and continued walk to meet boat about another 3/4 hour to the east. Hot day but walk would have been pleasant if not so hurried. Gave Dormer names for many common plants of the rain forest second growths and mangrove edges. Had lunch back with the Dormers back in Samarai. A radiogram from John Womersley advising that he expects to arrive in Samarai by Catalina of April 17, then join us on Normanby. Dusty, with Ailsa and her father, left for Goodenough and Fergusson, and I moved into his comfortable house. Good Friday, March 30: Boisterous northerly breeze one of those hot, still, "Samarai" nights. Talked with Malcolm Smith, European Medical Assistant of Mapamoism on Fergusson Island. Within the last year or so Smith made a patrol along the coast of Seymour Bay to Kalo Kalo, then round Cape Labillardiere to Didieu on the NW coast, on the to Roselawn in Hughes Bay, south to Salalodi in the interior Valley, then out to Salamo on the SW coast. From Didiau Smith went in to the mountain villages of Mailolo to buy English potatoes; walk of about 2½ hours by a very steep track; returned by some Didiau (the 1-mile map has the lowest of two Mailolo villages on about the 2700-2800 -ft. form line); vegetation of the Mailolo valley described as largely low and scrubby; Smith has no botanical knowledge and little understanding of vegetation. The Govt. truck from Boselewa to Salalodi (or Salakahadi) described as following the valley of a large stream which cuts through two lines of mountains or hills; much heavy forest; 2-3 hours travel, which seems fast for a map distance of 7-8 miles, and a man of Smith's rather stout figure. Quoting himself, Smith described the Govt. track from Salakadi to Fagalulu on Seymour Bay as a narrow, rough mountain trail which takes about a day to travel. He sends boys from Mapamoism to Mailolo to buy potatoes, but instead of taking a track which the 1-mile map shows to go up to those villages from Seymour Bay, the boys travel the long way round Cape Labillardiere and climb the mountain from Diardiau. I did not find out Smith's walking time salakadi to Salamo. He reports more tall primary forest to the Salakadi area then anywhere else, and the swampy lake Lavu or Rabua is not far away. Sulphur fumes said to be a nuisance on the coast of Seymour Bay. The above information throws some doubt on the feasibility of an approach to the mountains (Mt. Kaihole) of the Mailolo area from Seymour Bay, and Seymour Bay itself would seem not very attractive for a lowland base camp. It might be worth considering as a mountain objective what MacGregor referred to as Mt. Edagwaba, between the Salakadi valley and the south or Morima Coast. The Milne sheet of the Australian Aeronautical May show the Edagwaba high point as 5977 feet, Kaibole as 5615 ft, and the Kilkarrren high point at 6800 ft. Though somewhat long (at say a morning's travel) the approach to Salakadi from Hughes Bay would be easy and through reportedly good forest; against this is the ex- posed nature of most of the Hughes Cay coast in the southeast season. The 1-mile map shows a track going over the mountains from the morima coast to Salakadi and attaining an elevation of 4500 ft. Twenty-one visitors, mostly from Port Moresby, arrived late in the afternoon for the Easter holidays. The charter flights of Car's Air brought them to Milne Bay, whence they were brought by launch to Samarai—tired and without food all day. Russ Webster [illegible] od Webster arrived from Lae, where he is now stationed. [illegible] Sat. March 31: Hardly any breeze and very hot indeed. An All-day cricket match was called off(partly, perhaps, because of an all-night party which left some of the players in poor condition). Heavy rain for about ½ hour after 9 pm. cooling the air to a pleasant temperature. Wrote letters all day. Carr's Air, owned by Bob Carswell, appears to be an enterprising concern and succeeding