July 12th Packing stores today; finished Habbema current and two months reserve. Boys got 22 skins today, none very good but better than nothing. One of the Malays tried to incite a Papuan to come back for a higher price for a bird he sold me Manacodia chalybates--and I threatened him with policemen. The three Navy ships are still here. After talking with Teerink today finally decided to eat together inland. Find Teerink has plenty of big shell and salt for trade but no beads, cloth, face paint nor big white shell. Played checkers in evening. 7 tallegallus, 1 megapodium and 3 cassowary eggs, gathered in last two weeks give no sign of hatching. Buried them in paddy today. July 13th Working on schedules today and discussed them with Capt. Teerink and Co. Finally persuaded Meyr-Drees that staying at the Idenburg was best. He didn't like the soli- tude it entailed. Teerink didn't pay much attention to him. Meyr-Drees has found a genus tree here not previously known for N.G. and is anxious to do 14 days more work here. Reported that Bantam is to be abandoned. Three navy planes doing a bit of machine gun practice. Our plane on ramp; planning to put it in water tomorrow. Boys did birds all by themselves today. A Tabate boy brought in two young Collicalia esculata and two old C. fusciphaga , one of last a female, laying. Said he had taken them at Bruckman's canes, where there are many. Nafri he said was the place to go for bats, and to take a gun. Amat, says Mielke, has a bill of 35 g. at one Chinaman's shop and f45 at another for beer.