L.28. p.2. If Common Matters. Saw R.M., Mr. Humphries this morning & he instructed the local village policemen to carry my baggage to Uberi & thence another relay to Dori Bida, rc. It looks sorry for the mountain trip but I don't. We picked up troops & start out in the morning. Monday, Mar. 1. Everything packed & ready, but only 13 of the promised so Koiaris turned up. That's just the way with these things (and of course Humphries has gone back to Indochina). Well I have an envoyeur police boy, Intudi by name who was personal try to Willis on the Fly R. trip. Humphries detailed him on the Fly R. trip. Humphries detailed him to me. So I have him skurrying around trying to pick up half a dozen more carriers. Meanwhile I have let the 13 (3 of them are women) carry their part of the cargo across the river & up to Cowcow's village where they will wait till tomorrow morning. This afternoon the local village police secured 3 more Koiaris & himself will carry, so with those if we can get away, I think. Perhaps it is just as well we are delaying, as one of my boys - Gorro has developed some fever today. Later. Dysenteric symptoms appear with Gorro. Stall have to leave him behind. Tuesday, Mar. 2. Made stretches of rice bags & the other bags carried by, down to the rubber company's hospital where Brewster has kindly offered to care for him during my absence. Consequently I only got away from Johnson's place at about 9.15! I'll elaborate the first day's itinerary, rc over page.