reports a big affair with hundreds present, & great show of pigs, root foods & betel nuts. The climax comes tonight. Tutubeia appears to be the beginning of the Sala kedi country. Here at Agamoia the affinities are with Fagululu. Sat. June 23: No rain last night or today. Some thunder and dark clouds up valley in afternoon. My last day in the field here. Went up the mountain track to where it branches left to villages, then splits again. All second growth forest beyond the road fork. A of primary forest gully yielded a few interesting trees including two of Ficus — one with shining Garcinia-like receptacles. Despite poor collecting, I have more material than I can dry with the one oven I have with me. Am continuing to collect in series of eight when the material is available. Rus shot last night a Petaurus & a Dobsonia. This afternoon he & Lionel visited a cave about a mile N down the slopes from camp & collected two Dobsonia & 8 Hipposiderous ceovinus. Cave is under a horseshoe shaped waterfall about 40 ft in height, to IL E of the grass patch. Said to go in ca. 60 ft. & have 3 short branches. Entrance in water waist deep. Rock said to be a sort of conglomerate. Name of cave NIBOTHIN. Sunday June 24: Again no rain. Drying plant collections & pickling one bundle for transport to the coast tomorrow. I have 52 numbers, 500 sheets of specimens for the camp. A poor locality for me. Most of this forest is second growth. A Wellaby & a white-tailed Pogonomys, shot last night by Tinker mutxjacking Lionel, out jacking, confined his attention to bats, & got nothing. Boys sent to the bat wave this afternoon, returned with 10 more Hipposideros. Gave boys time off this afternoon to attend church. Services held at no regular time, but when the congregation assembles from outlying villages some metal object is byaged as a signal. Other missions I have seen, at Iamelele & Saibutu have log drums. Monday June 25: Back at Iamelele I. Had a good fine day for the tansport. I left Agamoia at 7:20 with the intention of botanizing on the road end, lunching on a small stream about an hour the other side of Fagululu, arrived at Iamelele at 3:15. Rus passed me on the road and arrived about an hour earlier. When I arrived the carriers were just beginning to come in and drop their loads — 32 of them. I traveled by the Fagululu-Nibbuvo road; The carriers and Lionel by roed which went first to Lake Lavu then down the flatlands of the valley via Iamelele #2. This road muddy in places and the distance much greater than by the hilly Ibubuvo route. Lionel had more people (Agemoia area) offering to carry than he had loads. He left Agamoia at 8:20. Everything left at the Iamelele resthouse (in charge of the VC) appears to be in good condition, and intact. The VC is not a person who has inspired confidence, but he was the only man to leave in charge of the cargo.