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Lochergie to
RED ISLAND POINT
MAY 21, 1948.
Up for a leisurely breakfast with Hollands. Packed our
Gear in truck - the end of our camp here. Noticed bat
hanging up for day over Hollands bedroom - caught by hand.
Goodbye to a fine family. Took pictures. Camera stuck
in middle of 36 ex. film. Unloaded at Point - slept in shed
under the Terminalia tree. Drying specimens when some of
"Stan's guests came by: "Kenny" Dyck, Norma ?, Charlie Mathis (Capt.
of "Atlas" (out of T.I.)), Mrs. Bornholt. Rowed over to Red Is. where
we spent the p.m. gathering clams. Dinner at Stan's - oysters,
onions + rice. Sat around watching green frog eat cockroaches.
Out in jeep to see if we could find native cat - in old
Army sheds. Rain squalls
MAY 22
RED ISLAND PT.
Just started out for walk with Wrenn Bornholt when the
truck with Len, G.+ Geoff + Mr. Hollands arrived back from the
Jardine River camp. No mammals except a sand w. with young.
Unloaded + reorganized gear most of day. Brought mam.
catalog up to date. Dick Holland stayed down to take us
hacking in truck to Higgins Field. I shot & w. with young soon
after start - also a white-tailed rat. G. shot a house cat.
Belie
MAY 23
RED IS. PT.