We were was a poor for C. as far as Taw very few butterflies, only species of dragon fly, & two of damselfly. Caught only one dragonfly (a few by Bomphe) & one damselfly. The village is infested by strange undeciduous, weak mungo days. They snuck a great at all hours of day and night. That night the cock having preyed my two pairs of boots, 60. Then in the chattered kitchen. It was a thing after thing to do. This morning I was shown the results. From each of the leather laces taken off. Tops of the fun whilst practicing many chewed away. But today the crassage was not worse. When my for point up the mine Tuesday on the right bank some Gansa Taura men were cleaning farms for the following of 53-150 experimental coffee trees. Torricella ADELI we them. They call coffee "C.F." Thursday Dec. 6: Weather continues about southwest. Rainless 24 hours but for a slight shower about 1 pm. My missing typewriter and some mail were brought from Semarai today by Maluru Makt of Gwadili. A letter from me, dated yesterday, says they we have been delayed by the non- appearance of Lamley's boat and will be sailing on the "Chinanga" at twelve tonight. In four days on the mainland they had the remarkably good haul of 13 species, 39 individuals (Dactylozax, Pseudocheirus, Nyctimene albiventer, Rousettus, a very big Pteropus, Trogomy, Pogonomy, Syconycteris, Pilistrellus, Phalanger orientalis, Melonyx, Petaurus, large Dobsonia. Trapping must have been very poor, if traps were set (only the Melomys is likely to have been trapped). I have spent the day in camp. Have decided to vacate this camp at the first opportunity, and today I expected a boat to go by en route to the head of the bay to pick up Garsair passengers, etc, due early tomorrow. Perhaps the flight has been delayed a day. This morning I called my boys into council in the hope that from one of them I could get information on a fruiting and genus-rich locality with "good bush" suitable for botanizing. No information was forthcoming. I lean towards the south (Suri) coast, not far from Semarai. A large area there, between Pylo Bay and Semarai (and Milno Bay, for that matter) has not been touched for plants except for a few numbers collected in the 1870s by the missionary James Chrimers. Friday Dec. 7: Sultry day of high thin overcast. No wind at all. Not a glimpse of the sun. Was packed up before nine and waited all day for a boat to turn up, going in the direction of Semarai. None came. Did not hear the sound of the plane at the head of the Bay, so conclude that it did not arrive from Port Moresby. The tender