Monday 2 November 1953 (cont) Wakanai to Bolu Bolu up until 1:00 A.M. talking. Charley has many patients at the station (and all the family comes to stay with them). Tuesday 3 November Mapamoiwa to Samarai Up at 4:00 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 and Normanby Island coasts. The tide was right at East Cape and we made good time across Milne Bay. We stopped at Norm Evenett's plantation to put the pig ashore. Arrived Samarai about 8:00 P.M. (after dark). B. P. was having a celebration to open their new store. I did not find Ailsa and 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 and very little power of speech. Ailsa comes up with Dusty every night to visit and read his mail. Tony Skewes and Rus Webster have taken turns shaving him. Home to tell Dusty about the trip details and hear his plans for Geoff's trip home. Wednesday 4 November Samarai Worked on packing specimens and unpinning. Ken and I visited Geoff. Lionel gave me Trobriand Is. walking stick for Museum. Thursday 5 November Samarai. Packing Friday 6 November Samarai. Packing. Saturday 7 November Samarai Dusty and I went over to Burroughs Boat Yard in the Pixie. The "Betty Ann" is on the ways. Sariba Island is a historic spot; on the hill just up from the boat yard the Meek homestead was built. Later the Eichorn brothers lived there. All were British Museum collectors--chiefly birds, and insects. Sunday 8 November Samarai Dusty, Ailsa and I set off on the "Wari" for Doini Island (Clem Rich has a plantation there). We went around to the south side and I went ashore with 2 of the locals who were to show me an overhang where several dozen human skulls had been deposited. Collected 1 skull, 2 lower jaws and some odd teeth. Also a pipe. All seemed quite recent. The place is wet and in path of a rain gully. Some bones are disintegrating. The Suau people (island in eastern Papua) are said to bury their dead with the head above ground with a clay cooking pot over the head. No limb bones found with skulls. Went swimming (with plenty of sunburn cream). Ailaa dug up a tree for her new grounds. I collected a few shells for Miss Grobe. Swimming again at Deca Deca. Monday 9 November Samarai. Packing. Tuesday 10 November Samarai. Finished crating. Wednesday 11 November Samarai. All details for flight home arranged. Thursday 12 November Samarai to Cairns by flying boat. Len came as far as Port Moresby. He is staying to finish up Expedition business. Some little bureaucrat wired us that they would not give us an export permit