MON. MARCH 22, 1948 HIDES CAIRNS HOTEL ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY - COOL BREEZE. WROTE "DORY" - CARDS TO MOTHER, MR. GOODWIN. SENT SAND SAMPLES TO BILL DOWNIN. TO MUSEUM TO LOOK AFTER RAT KANGAROO AND POSSUM. SKINNED OUT FEET AND POISONED. CLEANED SKULLS OF ABOVE + FRUIT BAT. MEAT SAFE IS NO LONGER SAFE - WIRE HAS PARTED ALONG ONE SIDE. PADMELON SKELETON IS ALMOST DRY. (1 LB.) RESTED AFTER LUNCH. BOUGHT MUSCAT RAISINS, PEANUT BUTTER (1 LB.), POLED OATS (2 LBS.), BALONEY (THEY CALL IT WINDSOR SAUSAGE HERE) 1/2 LB. PUT THE HOT THRU THE MEAT GRINDER (MINCEING MACHINE) - USED ONLY ABOUT 1/2 LB. OF OATS. MADE A DARK BAIT WITH GOOD CONSISTENCY. BACK TO MUSEUM TO FINISH SKINNING FEET. UNPINNED MY MOSSMAN SPECIMENS. GEORGE TATE AND I HAVE COL- LECTED 121 SPECIMENS TO DATE - NOT BAD FOR SHORT TRIPS HERE AND THERE. NO. SPECIES MUST BE APPROX. 20. GORDON STEPHENS DROPPED IN AT NOON TO RETURN RAT TRAPS - NO RATS. G.T. WAS GOING TO GIVE HIM A LESSON IN SKINNING. MUCH INTERESTED IN CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS. MR. FLECKER VISITED US AND WAS SURPRISED TO SEE SUCH A NUMBER OF SPECIMENS. HE IS A JEWISH DOCTOR AT THE CAIRNS HOSPITAL - RADIOLOGIST. VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN ALL BRANCHES OF NATURAL HISTORY. A BIT ON THE KNOW-IT-ALL SIDE, BUT QUITE GENUINELY INTERESTED. SAMPLE DINNER: CREAM SOUP, KIDNEY SAUTE, ROAST PORT + A DELICIOUS DROWN APPLE SAUCE, BOILED GREEN CABBAGE, SWEET POTATO + YAM, JELLO WITH CUSTARD + VANILLA ICE CREAM, CREME DE MENTHE IN LOUNGE. MR. TATE LONG DELAYED BAGGAGE ARRIVED FROM ROCKHAMPTON - NOW HAVE AMPLE TOW + ARSENIC-ALUM. A FEW TRAINS ARE RUNNING AGAIN. GEOFF + GEORGE DOWN TO MUSEUM TO WORK ON INSECT COLLECTIONS. WILL SEND OFF CAIRNS #8 ROLL OF COLOR FILM TO MORROW. HAVE SHOTS ALONG CAIRNS-MOSSMAN HIGHWAY, PORT DOUGLAS, MOSSMAN GORGE.