at the same time just strength of character is in charge /16 of the big rubber & coconut plantation. She has as assistants two young men Drysdale and Gordon. There is also a mission station at Maderei we met two women who teach them, Misses Harris Smith. The latter was teaching school - the youngsters all squatting on leaf mats doing sums from the blackboard. Iris Corby gave us tea & custard cheese & then took us out to show us around. The whole plantation is frightfully wet & muddy but she attacked things at all determinedly. She tails fine with Yorkshire, England & talks with a hard accent. Off away from Maderei about noon Drysdale & Gordon came on board for a 'spot' before he left. The latter is a new comer but I found that he has seen quite a bit of South America. Passed a dry lagoon on Smith banks &nd I from. People all dressed up in red rain's but we didn't 8thp. River lined with fresh water mangrove or 'firefly trees'. About 6 o'clock we stuck on a solid bank and were still on at 8, waiting for to reach of the rising tide to float us. At 9 pm the tide came a trifle later, at 9.10 a swirling torrent swept us off the bank & up stream. So nearly full moon gave us ample light to land by. Nicholson stayed up on deck until 3 am by which time we had passed the manor part of the river where the fire is likely to occur. Then we came to anchor below the Deifer park April Street St. Tuesday May 5. This morning wind for Diane that the plane was started out (had left at 6:30) & would see us soon. So we stayed anchored thinking she would come to us. Apparently she needed drenching in the morning as at 9 she hadn't come, though I had heard it.