WED. 18 MAR. 1953 SAMARAI. TOOK PICTURES AROUND "DUSTY'S" HOME. VIEW TO S.W. + 1 OF HOUSE. "Tom" (COOK + HEAD HOUSE BOY) TOOK MY PERSONAL TRUNK DOWN TO SHED. WE ALL FINISHED OUR RE- ORGANIZING IN A.M. 5/3 SINKIANG (2000 TONS) CAME IN TO DOCK. CARRIES 12 PASSENGERS. RUNS FROM AUSTRALIA TO SAMARAI + UP TO RABAUL + OTHER ISLAND PORTS. LOOKS CLEAN + COMFORTABLE. CLEANED + ASSEMBLED MY SHOT GUN + PUT OUT SHELLS FOR TRIP. AFTER LUNCH WALKED ALONG N. SHORE + EAST END OF ISLAND WIRELESS STATION, POLICE STA. + NATIVE HOSPITAL. MET DR. SIRKO AND MR. MATTHEWS (MEDICAL ASSISTANT). ASKED FOR ADVICE ABOUT TROPICAL UACERS. GOOD BOOK: DISEASES COMMONLY MET WITH IN MELANESIA - C.S. JAMES - 3RD. ED. (7/6) - MESSRS. WAITCOMBE + TOMES, LTD. (ANY AUSTRALIAN BRANCH OR AUCKLAND, N.Z.) TO A.H. BUNTING TO BUY NAILS, STRIP STYLE BAND AIDS + SULFA POWDER. MR. + MRS. GRIBBEN (AILSAS MOTHER + DAD) WORK THERE. AT 4:30 DUSTY + AILSA TOOK ME OVER TO A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE CORAL BEACH ISLAND - DEIKA-DEIKA - WHERE WE ANCHORED JUST OFF THE BEACH + WENT FOR A SWIM. WATER ABOUT 78°. NO WAVES. CLEAN WATER. NO SHARKS. THE "WARI" IS A COMFORTABLE OLD- FASHIONED CRUISER WITH SAIL. RAN BACK IN COOL OF DAY. DELICIOUS SHERRY FOR DINNER (AUSTRALIAN). WE WENT DOWN TO STORE AFTER DINNER FOR A HAM (PACKED IN SEEDS). DUSTY IS MGR. OF BUNTING'S; AILSA, HEAD SECRETARY. SAW A FEW FLYING FOXES. VISITED MRS. GRIBBEN. THEN UP TO HOUSE FOR GINGER BEER + TALKED UNTIL 12:30 A.M. DUSTY WAS BOMBER PILOT DURING WAR. SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY. P. OF WAR FOR 2 1/2 YRS. HAS MANY FRIENDS IN CANADA + STATES. HE KNOWS MR. + MRS. LONG OF OYSTER BAY (COLLIES) VERY WELL. WANTS ME TO LOOK UP.