"Whether we are anchored at the true junction or just below an island (perhaps Macoroni). Stinging bees beginning to invade us as we lie at anchor - little black fellows. Weather: quite a lot of rain during night, clearing towards morning. Fair all morning. 1.45 Boat returned satisfied that this is indeed Palmer Junction. 2.20 Get ready to row down - steer - to the east end of the long E-W reach (passed at 8.40). (2.30 About 8 men seen across the Fly of the spot on my sketch (p11) marked "Passa". 3 pm: We have just run downstream again and tried up to the left bank of the Fly at 528 miles as surveyed by McGee. This spot is readily accessible from the plane and by cutting tracks from the river for 50 yards we reached the top of a small hill where the boys went to work on a clearing. We also found marks in the trees indicating that a police camp had previously been made there (we believe it to be Karini's & Champion's camps). The entire shore is under very heavy forest of the forty fells - rain - forest type. Brass found adonax. I sent a long message to Duke and sent my boys ashore to set out traps. Thursday, May 14. Heavy rain during night. Small boat seen at dawn skimming over water surface. Stinging bees on job by 6.15. Clearing getting cleared quickly but we shall probably not get ashore today. Took my four boys out with traps! The places look pretty good too, nothing in the traps the boys put out last night, but saw about half of the "sets" and they are not very well placed. The old Karini-Champion trail is being reopened. Set traps along as much of it as was finished while it is about 5½ miles. Would very hit clear. At noon found that we were being visited by about a dozen men of a local village across the river. A couple were bearded. The female dress was a study around the waist and a belt. A string bag or net bag was carried slung from the shoulder. Fly most of the men. Boys savored dried native pipes were traded for beads and empty cans and bottles. Numerous photographs were taken. The noses of these people are pierced through each side above the nostril, one or two however had only the median septum perforated. A small dog had been left across the river and after hours without stopping for nearly an hour it at length swam across the 150 yards swift-flowing stream, and swam my string to.