Sunday June 3: Overcast morning; heavy rain most of afternoon, ceasing towards dark. An unpromising outlook for our planned transport move in the morning. This is the fourth day of bad weather in a row. Everything but our swage and the cock's box and pots and pans is packed tonight. Including 150 lbs of rice for the road there will be 47 carrier loads, 37 of which will be going on from Agamoia. Lionel leaves early in the morning for Napamoiwa and I will take over the transport man's duties. Today Rus finds himself practically out of flashlight batteries (only 10 new ones on hand for four weeks of field work remaining to be done on the island). Here at Imelele we are in a radio reception blank spot for the Samarai transmitting station. We have no information on boats or planes. Therefore, if the manual department is to function, Lionel must do the 6-hour walk to Napamoiwa, get on the radiophone to Samarai, then walk down the south coast 6-7 hours to Ailulusi and from there climb the mountains to our proposed camp. If next week is fortnightly paane week for Esa'ala, the batteries can be flown there Tuesday and we can send a messenger (3-4 days and a ferry trip across Dawson Strait) for them. There might be a boat coming in this direction. Tomorrow will tell. Mails will go out to Napamoiwa in the morning, my corrected galley included. Monday June 4: Rain & F.C.P. Barracks at 9:15 AM till 3 (carriers arrived AGAMOIA 1:10 PM. Many island walk. Fortunately the weather held fine. Back to base 11 reach of Pamilia. Thoughts of carriers. Barracks were for SAINTS TO (9) and IMELELE #1 & #2. Read VC 1 from Fadomu's Samarai #2. The Taitoga councillor who went with Lionel 4/ to MATELE back & also on his application 1 last week. Racked FAGULU 10:16; very hot over the thermal area. From followed alluvial flat through tall ferns; way carried across 3-4 small stream still running though from yesterday's rain; back muddy, under water in places. In 20-30 minutes from Fagulu entered fine tall forest on rising ground; many great (Gan) cliff. Cocoyas; ground stay at WAIKILUA. At 11:33 radio at the hill stream seen after crossing an area of moderate & mottled savanna. First had going (followed this). At 13:53 come to the crest of a narrow ridge at a place when old coconut farm marked the site of a former village; fine view of Lake LAVU & the Athabascan of the Nkosi (Bhikia); Cays climb for drinking water - very welcome; altitude 280 m. The lake shown on the 1 mile map is actually an island in the lake. Small islands of many vegetation affect in the lake edges marshy. Racked NIUBUKA 2:03, lunch 3:00 (many canoes did not arrive until 3:45); perhaps half dozen houses; good road house (baracks); 276 m. & the high point on road. (Rusky)