ON HEAD, DART (BLuish) UNDER TAIL COVERTS, WHITE SPOTS SCATTERED OVER PLUMAGE, VERY HEAVY BILL (RED), SHORT WHITE LINE UNDER EYE (9- YELLOWISH UNDERPARTS, REDISH RUMP, FEW SCATTERED WHITE SPOTS. LATER - SMALL BIRD, DECURVED BILL, WHITE UNDERPARTS, RED CHIN PATCH, YELLOW LINE (RUNNING ONTO BILL?), ACTIVE, HANGING HEAD DOWN OCC.. ANOTHER - SMALL, SEEMED WHOLLY DARK EXCEPT HEAD END OF BODY. AS SHIP ENTERED HARBOR 3 SMALL SWIFTS OVER HEAD - APPEARED ALL DARK. ON LEAVING, A SMALL WHITE HERON SITTING ON SOME WRECKAGE ON CORAL HERE. MR. SPEIGHT REPORTS SMALL FLIGHT OF "DUCKS" (5) FLYING CLOSE TO WATER. AFTER WELL OUT OF HARBOR A FEW MED.- SIZED (ALL DARK?) PETRELS, ALSO 1 BROWN DOOBY FLEW BY. CAN NOT REMEMBER ANY TROPIC-BIRDS, TERNS. STRANGE NOT TO SEE ANY GULLS IN A HARBOR! ALL TOO SHORT A TIME 2 3/4 HRS. TO STUDY BIRDS. NATIVE WOMEN CARRYING FRESH CAUGHT FISH, + A TYPE OF DARK RED (STILL ALIVE) LOBSTER, ROOTS. BOYS EATING SUGAR CANE - SOME HOUSES HAD ROWS OF CANE AS HEDGE. WISH LEN BRASS WERE HERE TO IDENTIFY. TURBANED INDIANS CUTTING GRASS ON TENNIS COURTS + GARDENING ABOUT HOMES. NEW HOUSES WITH MANY CORNER WIN- DOWS - BUILT ON STILTS - CARS RUN IN ON CONCRETE STRIPS UNDER HOUSES - NO GARAGE DOORS - WINDOW BLINDS HINGED AT TOP + HELD OPEN BY STICKS - CLOTH CURTAINS SUSPENDED OVER LOWER 1/2 OF WINDOWS. MANY SMALL TAILOR SHOPS, EACH WITH SEWING MACHINE (RUN BY INDIANS). OTHER SHOPS (GROCERY) IN SUBURBS RUN BY CHINESE. FIJLIANS SUPPOSED TO BE VERY SHIFTLESS COMPARED TO INDIANS. THEIR SIMPLE WANTS PROB. REQUIRE LITTLE MONEY COMPARED TO WHITES + INDIANS. THE FLOWING CLOTHES OF INDIANS ARE VERY GRACEFUL. SAW ONE WOMAN WITH "PEARL" STUD IN NOSE - A RELIGIOUS SIGN? MANY CATTLE (WITH MYNAHS IN ATTENDANCE) + GOAT HERDS IN OUTSHIRTS. VERY FEW DOGS. LONG CANE BROOMS. ROADS CUT THRU WHAT APPEARED TO BE STRATIFIED CLAY BANKS - SMALL CRUMBLING SECTIONS. GEOFF + MR. WILMOT WENT OFF TOGETHER - BREAKFAST AT HOME OF MINISTER OF EDUCATION - GOVERNOR OF ISLAND, TOO. HIS IDEA OF A WONDERFUL TIME. HE BOUGHT WHISKEY + MAILED LETTERS. BUSINESS SECTION OF TOWN DOMINATED BY SEVERAL LARGE DEPART- MENT STORES - BURNS PHILP IS LARGEST. TRIED TO BUY GINGER BEER - HAD NONE. STORES ARE DARK - YOU STRAIN EYES TO SEE GOODS ON SHELVES. LITTLE CAGES ALL OVER STORE - FOR ACCOUNT CLERKS. SOME FINE CHINA + PIECE GOODS. CLERKS - WHITE - INDIAN - CHINESE. THE LITTLE STORES ARE FILLED WITH CURIOS - MUCH FILLIGREE SILVER. RESISTED ALL TEMPTATION AGAIN - DIDN'T BY A THING!