Nov 24 P.4 Noz easy to cut this bambus is mean to go from its habit of falling over clump after clump elting on its next-door neighbor. A large fruit tree which seems to be characteristic is the tree-cotton Bombax. Loopy vines are numerous little fan-palms which abound are used by a small pigeon perched with the tip of the head yellow as a platform for its nest. The terrain is irregularly ridgy, the ridges jump up to 100 feet. The beach everywhere seems to be a fine silty sandstone (2 species) on which from 10 to 30 feet of residual clayey matter rests. The subsoil closes to be identical to that of Daviengk. The tides are very irregular. The highest tides (at full moon and new moon) show an rise of at least 10 feet. For close on 10 hours water drains out the air level slowly falls. Then for three hours the tide comes in, the level of the river may very rapidly. At highest tides the water rushes up as a breaking wave or bore. Even the bou then ceases to trickle at camps due to the great depth of the water close by us. On the Mondo side of Stuart Island where there are many sand bars—the true beaches. Next thing I the S.E trade wind has quite a lot to do with the time of arrival of the tides. We doubt two the flooded promised are formed when we shot the bat on Casaway Island was due to the influence of the tide. Stuart Island is heavily forested or densely fringed with Calamus. It is much nearer to the north banks than to the south banks of the Jh R. Fri Oct 9 Markets in Trip 3: Hydermp, Kellars, Delmps mixed new lot of salt, wrapped fruit bits. Cut track up-line this morn—continuing the trail of yest. morn. First along river bank which is quite right up nearly level with the west end of Stuart Island. A muddy tidal creek