Field notes, v1442
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L.DICKEN 1969 Aug. 14 cont. Brian picked Dave & I up & took us to the Bayer R. Agric. Sctr. where we had a scheduled video discussion with Sally & Tigi. He had sent a message that he wanted to talk to us via the Sctr. this AM. Basically Charles created us to arrange to get the Bayer R. equipment moved to Goroka on Monday (Aug. 18). He also told us that Al Brush had booked Vince of [illegible] on an 0830 flight from Hagen to Madang on Aug. 17. Gravett is to go to a seminar at 9:00 PM, for 3 days & then join Sally etal. in Goroka. Charles trips along river & followed by his truck. Vince & I set 14 additional Sherman's - thc tall cane grown in that area. Then & set 5 more Sherman's up (3) & around (2) a large vine & epiphyte covered tree behind Tas's house in a strip of forest. After dinner, finished my 2 beetle casts, prepared the sink & frieded 1 Parayctimium. Then a last bucket shower! To bed 2140. Vince sent out more new nets today. Aug. 15 No R. river trips, caught nothing although 3 net traps were springy, P: took into the net that day, tree behind house carved 1 nest in the tree (no. 3158) & 1 at base of tree (no. 1357) - both in Sherman's. One of Sherman's sent : then we knocked on to the ground for forest traps. I got