L. 21. P. 11. scrapped yarns. Then came a very welcome level, after which we turned our attention to the radio. Ran a nearly vertical aerial, and found reception good. But it took the next part of four hours to get the skeleton started. My village friends squatted all around the clearing on fallen logs. Still Willie paid them off with salt which they are crazy to get. The cry for salt is you like the palm of your hand. They all departed about one o'clock. There were some others among them who we understood had come over from Boluip Village to the west. The trail from Ismail to village to the present camp (called Kori-sala) has at least four tracks running up to the S. and one of them is said to go to Mt Karika. About 200 yards to the new camp is on a ridge, the forest around in still high enough to shut out a lot of the view, and one only outlook is to the South and West. Ridge covers all other views. From Camp Ismail (close against us) bears SE; Karika S by W.; and the west end of Sale SW and the wetland due W.; the Palmers post bears about 5 by E. Got two signals from California at 6 o'clock & turned in early. A clear starlight night, & the moon came up at midnight. Saturday July 11. Bad news today: the plane fell 100 feet at Port Moresby and sank. No body hurt according to Moreby. The new plan now is for a New Guinea Airways' plane to fly another 1500 lbs of food to us here and for us to collect for a while, then pull out for Black River. What a calamity for Archbold! Meanwhile the Traira is started one again and coming up with three months provisions on board. Archbold will come with her, bringing Fairbairn's launch the "Weroi" to connect between the upper limit reached by the "Traira" and either Black R. camp or Palmers Junction camp (which ever we reach). Rand & Brass of course know nothing. I see this, & I wonder whether the N.G.A. plane will drop them any notice. Anyhow this event marks the end of the Mt. Karika part of the expedition & whether we do anything else depends on Archbold. Sunday July 12. Unable get through to Archbold at 5:30 last night because of static. This morning motor would not start until 8 ok. So missed him again. Have schedule with Moreby at 11 a.m. which helps to keep the tem written