SUN. MAY 9, 1948. NARU POINT FIRST THING AFTER RUNNING TRAPS WENT TO MARKED SPOT UNDER BLOODWOOD TREE. HUNTED AROUND BUT COULD NOT FIND THE SMALL MAMMAL. FINALLY SPOTTED A CARPET SNAKE COILED UNDER DEAD BRANCH A YARD FROM MY MARKED SPOT. SHOT WITH .410 + TOOK HOME TO GEOFF AFTER GEORGE + I CLEARED MORE TRAIL. AFTER LUNCH HAD LOOK AT SNAKE - SAW BULGE - OPENED. FIRST OUT, A YOUNG BANDICOOT THEN! AN ACROBATES!! - THE FIRST RECORDED NORTH OF THE Ather- TON TABLELAND - 100S OF MILES TO THE SOUTH. SNAKE SURELY LOCATED ANIMAL I SHOT. A QUITE AMAZING CHAIN OF EVENTS. LOOK MY GREEN GILL NET, THAT STAN GRIERSON GAVE ME, + NETTED OPENING OF CREVICE IN IRON STONE CLIFF AT NARU PT. WHERE I HAD SEEN BAT DODGE. MAY 19. NARU POINT MY BAT NET PRODUCED! A LARGE GRAYISH-WINGED BAT - TAPHOZOUS + A TINY HIPPOSIDEROS CERVINUS WERE HUNG UP IN NET - 2 NEW SPECIES FOR THE CAMP. REPAIRED NET IN P.M. + RESTRUNG, BUT IT NEVER DID PRODUCE ANOTHER BAT. ALSO CAUGHT A MELOMYS ON CLIFF - HEAD BADLY CHEWED BY ONE OF SMALL BLACK LAND CRABS. MAY 11 NARU POINT