w. 1930. Carrier paid & went home about 7 o'clock, if the road, S/ P. took for the councillors & V.C. Friday Aug. 14: Fine day but considerable heavy cloud from about mid. The wind at camp comes off valley from the west. Magnetic direction indicated by transit, lies 105° from Camp. Camp. Digging practically completed. In the general pattern of work, we have one boy off duty today with a swollen knee, as a result of yesterday's walk. Another boy with mild malaria - cooler climate. Gathered a few plants around camp. Made color- photographs of which 3 purple Gen. chloraemum # 27811, collected on the trail yesterday. Were visited by 3 men from HULTA villages on the S. cost. They want to work for us. We might get carriers from the south coast for our return to Port Tanding. Rains broke out last night. M. packing. Saturday Aug. 15: A storm woke me at 3.00 a.m., then rain at dawn & after, then for about an hour 1-2 p.m. Nothing on the few traps set last night. Earnel & Russ out packing for a while. Earnel found some shot, but got nothing. Two 15% bronze & 2 Betamore cut from trees by the mammal boys, 7/12-6/12 & Brundle. Thornton kept me in camp until 7.00 a.m., when I set out for 1.30 p.m. Followed the pig-hunting track which was Earnel's track a few days ago, 8" went c.c. for 15 minutes & picked up 200 ft. altitude, then coming slowly on walk along the crest of a mean plateau ridge, rising several hundred feet to the now barely recognizable rib of old TANIMABATA village. The start was again, more or less straight, for hill peak. Reached 1/3 and 2/3rd of Earnel's track at a probably 2000 ft. flat track, for 1/2 hours from then I reached what appeared to be the lower shark crest (will be from near Tanimabata. Then the cloud momentarily gave me a glimpse of the true summit, about 3/4 mile. It is small, c. 200-300 ft.