Stein BR 1988 8 Aug. All the traps still empty and will need lots of cleaning. Am glad that's our last trip as the trail has really been abused. Chris caught a small skink (?) for me. Don't understand why we haven't seen any salamanders!? Graham caught 2 more rats for me - this time in traps set out by our kitchen. I hate to pickle everything but it's the only way I know how to get it out of here. Steve did collar the mongoose + they managed to track it down after dinner. Art is putting out another bat net. Spent the evening tissuing the day's catch. Tomorrow all our traps go over to area #2. 9 Aug. A second mongoose, same sp., was bort in last site. Steve collared that one too + Karen has stayed back today to track them every ½ hrs. While we go set traps. Art decided the bamboo net wouldn't line another day so he decided to take eyes, femur for chrome, gut, tissues, + then decided the skin wasn't so great - so I got to pickle it. Yeal for our side. The trail to area #2 is as bad or worse than that for #1. No hand holds! Put out 100 sherman's, some tomahawks + covalears, then quit. Left the remaining traps up there