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General Account
Sept + Fly
Chin, tall + long
Ford stuff
Sleep
Thang
Radio
5
Total 20. Carin load (light).
Our camp here I believe will prove to be a very pleasant one. It is situated on the high flat plain of Araucaria Creek and is arranged in a spacious manner. Bump says we must call 8 o'clock each morning for work. But to me it is quite a relief after the cramped crowded camps which we have had on this Darling slope. The climate is comfortable, not too hot, not too cold, and the insects seem well behaved.
After arrival just got my radio, arranged my quarters and set all types. I have also recruited 4 Dyaks + the Cipella for making spaces. They start to work tomorrow. I now have a total of 70 Dyaks + Monom all trying at the net business.
Weather: overcast + low clouds; occasional light rain.
Put in an order of food today. Quantity necessary for a month's time, that is food to be added to the supply already in.—Coffee 3; Quake Oats 1, Cond fruit 3; vegetables 25; Dried apples 5; Corned meat 4; Corned beef 58; Whisky 5.
Mon 7 4 km SW Banded Camp Darling R. Netherlands Plus Swines .850
172 more types, 216 net types, 27 stich types—
4 Melanes. From from the camp also 231 swans attended yielding 1 Thongs.
Today tended types, prepared specimens, and made an oven for drying specimens.