outset of a very interesting trip. Like all newly occupied camps sile, this one is full of stinging bees and I have noticed some examples of the biting fly STOMOXYS which so torments does down others. A fair sprinkling of mosquitoes is here also. The ridge line north of the blocks are also formed of silty conglomerates. They are high and steep-sided. Here is an old Vocceums Oil tin here (Also seen by Willis and Healy) which must be a hang-over from the NW Patrol. It shows how long 15-gallon cans can last in tropical rain - forest. July 5-Sunday. A good night, only just one rain. But idios restless there were mosquitoes or flies or something around gave instructions for an early start the boys cook to go to work on their food at 5:30 my boy (Renomore is cooking for me) at 6 o'clock. It has been another good day and what traveling we do, and nearly 12 miles by the map taking it "as the crow flies". We moved out from Black River camp just at 7:30. First a series of ridges followed by quite a bit of mucky low ground but the poles avoided a bad swamp mentioned in Willis's letter by going east of it. I was a bit devastated to find the elephant cutter had entirely new trail along a ridge. That makes proper for slow for the packers who still must carry all loads. I even they shot a pig which can proved by its wet ears to be a village pig. I would not allow them to take it because if I did they would shoot all the village pigs. Presently we heard much confused shouting ahead which came from a village ahead of us and so the Palmer Next valley, we deserted (it is one house or trip of poles) when Willis went though about 12 men stood up on the trip shortly "Sambere" (friend) and there was much hand shaking native fashion, which consists of interlocking