44 5T Toilock, of a cheerful Marima man with 3 [illegible] cut from a tree & a young handicoot caught by dogs. Had a going on & two dogs with him. Came & went in rain. Will sleep in his village & come up with us when he has the canoe. Famil has a [illegible] not a ridge of camp tonight. [illegible] June 11: May 23, min. 19°C. SE weather of yesterday continues. Slept in the bush by 8 AM. Rain before noon & most of afternoon - on & off. Weather is hampering botanical field work. [illegible] happy conditions which are against photos of the fine view from camp. Collected this morning the fine Brancaria of the island. [illegible] looks like S. cunninghami but could be another species. Picked a small but old tree 30 m. tall X 72 cm. branch Chamaecyparis cypress, about half grown; [illegible] clear in color. Wrasse cliff pocked with the magpie variety of [illegible] by us & a very old Brancaria: a Rhododendron, a Myrmecodia, Telligera & one or two other species, one small white orchid & a little reddish [illegible] in flower, very fine (any of the latter). 18 grey [illegible] conspicuous on the old Brancaria. We mammals got in any way last night: 12 water hunters brought from somewhere down the Marima River [?way?] & never encountered two small handicoots. We & his son & two dogs & camped in a [illegible] on the ridge crest nearby. 180 out a dozen small boys & girls, & a couple of young women from the Marima River in camp this morning. The handicoot being got here is much smaller than the 2 specimens from Darrell. [illegible] cut for the along the coast & tracked [illegible] of a small shark. Walk 10/10 m. by the family annuloid. Clouds prevented his seeing out. Distance from camp estimated as 2½ miles or more. Tuesday June 12: May 23, min 15°C. Went on & off 9:30 to dusk. Any slight showers, but heavy rain (6 PM - 7 PM). SE continues.