FAIR Sat. 16 May 1953 BINIGUNI. ANOTHER DAY OF WAITING & WONDERING IF CARRIERS WOULD ARRIVE. RUNNER RETURNED FROM MOUNTAIN WITH MAIL & MESSAGE. LEN & GEOFF REACHED GOOD YESTERDAY P.M. & CAMPED - BOTH WELL. LEN HAS DECIDED NOT TO RETURN TO U.S. YET. THURS. NIGHT L.A.G. CAMPPED AT THE "TEA HOUSE" (A FEW POLES & SOME ROOF LEAVES) - 700 M. GOOD WATER THERE. NONE AGAIN UNTIL MIDDLE CAMP. THEIR CARRIERS CARRIED DOUBLE LOADS TO SINGLES. MAIN CARRIER PARTY HAD NOT CAUGHT UP TO THEM. WE SENT OFF THE POLICE RUNNER TO BANIARA ABOUT NOON - 3 ROLLS OF MY FILM + LETTER TO MAY, ALSO LEN'S RADIOGRAM + SOME PERSONAL LETTERS. KEN WROTE TO BUNTINGS' FOR MORE RICE & TRADE TOBACCO. ALSO TO THE PATROL OFFICER, PETER O'SULLIVAN, AT BANIARA NOT USING HIM OF THE POOR CARRIER SITUATION HERE AT BINIGUNI. A PATROL VISIT MAY HELP US OUT. KEN ALSO (LATER) SENT NIKO & LIN-LIN DOWN TO KWAGIRA WITH A FURTHER MESSAGE FOR O'SULLIVAN (RUNNER SPENDING NIGHT AT KWAGIRA). IN P.M. KEN HAD SENT DAVID & KIM TO WAPONA TO GET INFORMATION ON CARRIERS. NO HELPFUL NEWS. BROUGHT RUMORS BACK THAT MAN HAD DIED THERE DUE TO SORCERY ON PART OF SOMEONE HERE IN BINIGUNI. THIS WAS THE NEWS THAT TEN THOUGHT NECESSARY TO SEND TO PETER. IT MAY MIX CARRIER SITUATION UP STILL MORE. ABOUT 8 P.M. WE DECIDED TO PLAN TO USE OUR REMAINING BOYS + OURSELVES TO PACK SOME OF MY LIGHT COLLECTING GEAR & FOOD UP THE MT. SO I WOULD NOT LOSE MORE TIME. ALMOST FINISHED AND 5 CARRIERS WALKED IN FROM VILLAGE OF MANEUA. THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR ME - WILL GIVE ME ENOUGH COLLECTING GEAR TO GET A GOOD START AT TOP CAMP. A MORE CHEERFUL CAMP TONIGHT.