FOR MAPAMOIWA ON FERGUSSON ISLAND AT 11: A.M. ARRIVED AT MAPAMOIWA ABOUT 2: P.M. GREETED BY CHARLES CORBEIT (E.M.A. - EUROPEAN MEDICAL ASSISTANT) AND INVITED TO HAVE DINNER + SPEND THE NIGHT. KEN WENT OUT TO LOOK FOR EUCALYPTUS TREES BUT FOUND ONLY TI TREES (CLOSE RELATIVES). ON WAY OVER WE STOPPED AT NUVATUTU PLANTATION TO PICK UP A 150 LB. PIG THAT KEN HAD BOUGHT. BOYS MADE A PEN ON DECK. SHOT A SCOTEINUS AT DUSK. THIS TURNED OUT TO BE MY ONLY FERGUSSON IS. SPECIMEN SINCE HACKING PRODUCED ONLY 1 TREE FROG. MADE UP THE 2 BATS SHOT LAST NIGHT AT WAKONAI. AN EXCELLENT DINNER. WE STAY- ED UP UNTIL 11 A.M. TALKING. CHARLEY HAS MANY PATIENTS AT THE STATION (AND ALL THE FAMILY COMES TO STAY WITH THEM). 307 278 TUES. NOV. 3, 1953 58 MAPAMOIWA TO SAMARAI. UP AT 4: A.M. SO THAT WE COULD SAIL SOON AFTER DAWN. GOODENOUGH PEAKS CLEAR. WONDERFUL VIEWS FROM THE STATION. A LONG SLOW TRIP ALONG THE FERGUSSON + NORMANBY ISLAND COASTS. THETIDE WAS RIGHT AT EAST CAPE AND WE MADE GOOD TIME ACROSS MILNE BAY. WE STOPPED AT NORM EVENETT'S PLAN- TATION TO PUT THE PIG ASHORE. ARRIVED SAMARAI ABOUT 8: P.M. (AFTER DARK). B.P. WAS HAVING A CELEBRATION TO OPEN THEIR NEW STORE. I DID NOT FIND AILSA + DUSTY AT HOME, SO AFTER RELAXING FOR A FEW MINUTES I WENT TO HOSPITAL TO VISIT GEOFF. HE IS ONLY A GHOST OF HIS FORMER SELF - NO USE OF RIGHT SIDE + VERY LITTLE POWER OF SPEECH. AILSA COMES UP WITH DUSTY EVERY NIGHT TO VISIT AND READ HIS MAIL. TONY STREWES + RUS WEBSTER HAVE TAKEN TURNS SHAVING HIM. HOME TO TELL DUSTY ABOUT THE TRIP DETAILS AND HEAR HIS PLANS FOR GEOFF'S TRIP HOME. 308 279 WED. NOV. 4 57 SAMARAI. WORKED ON PACKING SPECIMENS + UNPINNING. KEN + I VISITED GEOFF. LIONEL GAVE ME TROBRAND IS WAITING STICK FOR MUSEUM. 309 280 THUR. NOV. 5 56 SAMARAI. PACKING. 310 281 FRI. NOV. 6 55 SAMARAI. PACKING 311 282 SAT. NOV. 7 54 SAMARAI: DUSTY + I WENT OVER TO BURROUGHS BOAT YARD IN THE PIXIE.