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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