Society Islands. In that tribute he went on to say: "Innumerable rills, fed by 
the fleeting clouds which circle round the high lands, gather in lovely streams 
and, after heavy rains, torrents precipitate themselves in grand cascades 
from mountain cliffs - a feature so striking as to have attracted the attention 
of all voyagers from Wallis [176?] downward." 
Going into Opunohu Bay, we passed on the port bow, the palm thatched 
house in which Jack Randall, his wife, and daughter had spent most of the past 
12 months studying the ha,bits and behavior of the local open-watei^ and reef 
fishes. Of all these he made rather generous collections for future systematic 
study. 
Toward the head of the Bay on the west side, the Kellums have their home, 
and farther on, a plantation of nearly 200 acres. The Phillipses and Miss 
T^.omb of whom we had seen very little over the past several weeks were good 
friends of the Kellums, so we were pleased to be able to take them over for a 
visit* This they prolonged for several days at the attractive hotel in the 
equalljr beautiful Paopao, or Cook*s Bay* But we went on about our business 
of collecting with a very xvonderful assist from Mr* Kellum himself. He 
guided us to the productive areas which he had discovered along the shores of 
the bay, in the lagoon outside, and about the Piopio and Toatane reefs on the 
west side of the Avaroa Pass. This^ass giv^^^ccess to Cook’s and Opunohu Baj 
The night of our arrival baited wicker mollusi^ traps were put out but the 
catch when they xvere hauled in two days later v/as disappointing; nary a shell. 
just a single crab and small g^at fish* 
Wednesday morning. May 8, at 6 o’clock, we accompanied Mr* Kel]um to 
another of his favored collecting grounds ~ the reef between the islets of 
Tiahua and Fareone — where the ensuing seven and a half hours were spent. 
Sorting took the rest of the daylight, hours, during which Drs. Bowman and 
