colnd slay, 2 opedus, 4 2 myriaphs. We reached Tick Camp at abt 2 p.m. The rain had stopped & it remained fine until night- futurall for us. A hotie fire let us dry most of our saturated clothes; & we improved sleeping conditions somewhat by cutting more palm leaves. Rain came again at night. wed apr. 7. A drizzle was falling. We corned a haphazard breakfast, bundled up our packs, and left at abt 8 o'clock. We reached the Venetian Creek camp just after noon - bone weary from carrying our heavy rain soaked packs & trudging down the slippery trail. The young rats trapped at Tick Camp taken down to be skinned were perfectly preserved by the injections of ½ formalin, to wash I had given them. One of them had been taken out of the trap early morning of the 6th. Sun. ap. 8. The shaky little "utility" came for us in the pm & took us back to Cairns. My ankles greatly swollen from lunch bites. Tons that both sr & ship strikes were over & the men back to work. Thu. ap. 9. The "Tims" arrived during the night. Sat. ap. 10 Nothing unloaded which belongs to the expedition, yet. Sun. ap. In late pm with George Brookes to see the rally of Duskwater Creek and the Cairns water intakes. I wanted to compare it with Barns Watu in case we had to choose a break for more field work Temporarily. Van went out to Green Island, Daniels Reef. 2 a.m. net plan, movably to Sydney, on which E.T. Gillings a passenger. Took at 7.30 a.m.