L.21. P.19. the early part of the week had washed away many of the log bridges, a fact that delayed us somewhat. And I observed from the sight of drift wood deposited up the banks how very high the water has been. See both under whether it went into the Black River camps, for I had been doubtful whether that camps was high enough some weeks before but Rand insisted that he did not think the river would ever get that high. Lined up the boys this morning again we started and redistributed the loads. Melva have a cute little trick as the rice in their loads gets used up, I paddling out their packer with Henkel's R. Barometer in this camp (Healy's on the hill) at 7 p.m. 150 meters. Shower at 6 o'clock. Monday, July 20. Left camps 7.10 and reached Black B. at 11.35. Got across the river by 9 o'clock. Left South Black R. camp at 3.20, getting in to the tent at 5.55. We made excellent time, finding the ground far only slightly eroded and some of the streams fordable weren't deep. At the house where I forgot the pig on the way in I found nobody. The people were absent. And here Healy took the fold trail through the swamp while half of our carriers take the new one. The two converged a few minutes from Black River. We fed the boys while a roof was being built. Unfortunately one log swung suddenly and struck one of our boys in the table, and we were afraid he might be seriously injured, but he later sat up and even walked about slowly. It was then for that however to leave him with another boy and a policeman to look after him until tomorrow.