46 35 In the battery she was supplied to have classified at Ditaalwai for us during the weekend. Birker departed 5:17AM for Mohanwari with a request for Tainby to get in touch with Brentings by radiotelephone. Trains went down to the coast at OCHICHEE and formed that the boat had called on them at a nearby Atalwai. About 10 small boys, several young girls, plus a committee from UKECHEE, bringing a fine caravan for a day but chilly to have a look at us. Thursday June 14: That, 9.7°, min. 16°C. Then, SE wind, most of last night; air quite chilly. Sky cloudy and misty today; no rain. SE rain. Walked down to the water-place pally to for a GNG way along the side of the mountain on the Elgamore trail. Been bog, mostly of ferns of the ravines, also an interesting Rubricaceae small tree with small white flowers. We mammals added a collection. Gyp1: a little mite (Palatuma) this last night in camp by bees. The Males went down the Momma slope for cob; did not sail. Tonight, the water-place stream is being washed for the first time. Traps were supposed to have been there from the beginning. Boys need more traps- over a than they are getting. Working a double shift on the danger in an effort to clean up accumulated plant collections. Friday June 15: May 7.3°, min. 16°C. Then, this night: no mist or rain in the 24 hours; weak SE & happy. Worked a specimen & mini. Boys down Wisconsin slope. They brought back only some addition to the collection. The locality is about worked out. I have Muleyngs in the new trap set on the stream, a Pityocaima pumilus in one of the two (61°) nets 21" in camp. Muleyngs is a game view for the island. We insectivorous (e.g., caught 30 or so in the three nights net) have been set on the hills. When they come furnished with