APR. 1, 1948 JUNCTION CREEK, RUSSELL RIVER - EAST FOOT BELLENDEN TER SPENT A.M. SHOPPING FOR BREAD, EGGS, "PINES" FOR OUR TRIP TO BELLENDEN TER. PACKED + WROTE MAY. LETTER #9 FROM ST. PETE. SENT CABLE FOR APR. 5 - DAY KAY RETURNS FROM FLORIDA - OUR 13TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. TRIED TO BUY GLASS HEAD PINS - NONE IN TOWN. A FARMER - R.H. WILES - FROM NEAR BARROW RIVER - BROUGHT US 2 STRIPED POSSUMS (DACTYLOPSILA) - A Q AND YOUNG FOUND IN A FELLED TI TREE. KEPT ALIVE UNTIL WE REACHED CAMP, WHERE KILLED WITH NEMBUTOL. SMALL HIRED TRUCK (DE SOTO) CAME FOR US AT 2:30. ALL 4 OF US + LUGGAGE MADE QUITE A LOAD. SOUTH THRU GORDONVALE, PAST PYRAMID MT. + BELL'S PEAK TO CANE FARM WEST OF THE B.S.T. RR STATION. OUR HEADQUARTERS ARE IN THE BARRACKS WHERE THE CANE CUTTERS LIVE IN SEASON. GEORGE AND I PUT OUT 39 TRAPS ALONG EDGE OF AN ISOLATED PIECE OF SCRUB, ALONG A SMALL DROUGHT + IN THE CANE WHICH STRETCHED FOR MANY ACRES UP TO THE BIG SCRUB FOOTING B.I.T. COT ON POORCH WITH MOSQUITO NET - VERY COMFORTABLE STARRY NIGHT - UNDER SHADOW OF B.S.T. JUNCTION CREEK IS 1/2 MILE AWAY ACROSS THE CANE FIELDS.