(NATIVE VILLAGE-WEDAW) SAT. 21 MAR. 1953 FROM ILOGURA TO MENAPI. AWAKE AT 6:15. DARK CLOUD-COVERED HILLS LOOMING UP BEHIND. MISSION STATION WHICH IS SET UP A 100' ON OUT SEA TERRACE; HAS A REGULAR "CATHEDRAL" (CHURCH OF ENGLAND). BOYS SLEPT ON SHORE IN SHELTER. I MOVED MY COT ONTO BEAT HATCH AT ABOUT 2:10 A.M. ENGLISH WIDE GOT VERY COMFORTABLE - SLEPT UNDER 1 BLANKET. BOYS ON BOARD AT 7; WE ARE CUTTING ACROSS BAY TO CAPE VOGEL. NOW PASSING GREEN KNIFE-RIDGE HILLS - SLOPES BURNED YEAR AFTER YEAR - TREES ONLY IN GULLIES. UP THE COAST THE HIGH COASTAL RANGES ARE BLUE. BUCKING N.W. WIND - LITTLE CHOP. TEA + TOAST AT 11:5. KIMI (COOK BOY) VERY CONSCIENTIOUS. GOODENBOUGH, 4 FERGUSSON LOOM DIMLY OFF TO N.E. VERY BROKEN OVERCAST. AT 8:45 BROWN BOOBY - ENTIRELY BROWN ABOVE, WH UNDER WING COVERTS, BILL PALE STRAW. RAIN SQUALL COMING DOWN COAST. CALLED AT BANIARA (GOV. STATION ON THE SO-CALLED MOSQUITO ISLANDS), PICKED UP CADET PATROL OFFICER SHEWES FOR THE 1/2 HOUR RUN EAST ALONG COAST TO NATIVE VILLAGE + MISSION STATION MENAPI. OUR SUPPLIES WENT ASHORE BY DINGHY & BY OUTRIGGER CANOE. ONE LOAD TIPPED CANOE + WE LOST BAG OF SUGAR + SOME OF LEN'S NEWS- PAPERS WERE DAMPENED. BOYS CARRIED ME ASHORE SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO REMOVE BOOTS. CALLED ON FATHER CHISHOLM AT MISSION. VISITOR, MISS KINER ALSO THERE - THEY HAVE ICE BOX, HAD TEA AND CAKE. WENT STALKING AT NIGHT, 10 MUS, SPECIALS OUT NEAR HOUSE. FLYING SQUIRRELS IN COCONUT TREES. I SHOT ONE + TEN ONE. VILLAGE BOYS SHOT 2 FLYING FOXES + BOUGHT THEM TO US. ALSO SAW SQUIRREL GLIDE FROM 1 TREE TO NEXT. KNOCKED HIM DOWN WITH .410 BUT HE LANDED IN BRUSH + GOT AWAY. MANY FLYING FOXES ABOUT.