10th Month OCTOBER 1959 31 Days FAIR, AS USUAL, FOR MOVING. 26 MONDAY 298-20 ARAU → KAINANTU → KASSAM UPAT 6:15. MEASURED DACTYLOPSILA WHICH CAME IN YESTERDAY P.M. LIK LIK STINNED + I MADE UP AFTER BREAKFAST, JOHN TOOK LEN TO TARANKA AIR STRIP FOR HIS FLIGHT OVER THE MARKHAM VAL- LEY TO WANTO AT WITH LAURIE CROWLEY. J. LOADED ROVER. COFFEE AT THE LARNERS (MURIEL LESLIE, WALTER HENRY, BRONWYN ROSALIE) - TEN + AUDREY NORA, MARGARET + SHERRY-ANN) LOW - PT. M. ST. BELOW WILLIS'. MY LUCK HELD - HYDROMYS IN A STEEL - 30 SP. FOR ARAU! 167 SPECIMENS, WE STOPPED AT AIYURA TO SEE JOHN BARRETT - HIGHLANDS AGRI. EXP. STATION. LUNCH AT 1: AT HOTEL KAINANTU. SAW A.D.O. GUS BOTTRILL, GAVIN CARTER+ FINE HOUSE AT PRISON MICHAEL GATTI (WITH YG. CUSCUS). 31 MI. DRIVE VIA AIYURA TO K. CAMP. SHOT 1 EMBALLONURA. FAIR + PLEASANTLY COOL. 27 TUESDAY 229-19 KASSAM 4400 FT. MADE UP THE HYDROMYS + EMBALLONURA. ORGANIZED MY "LAB". VERY GOOD LIGHT. WROTE LETTERS IN A.M.: KATHERINE, DICK VAN GELDER, DOROTHY + BILL. TO BRAM + LIK LIK HAVE 61 TRAPS OUT (21 STEELS, 40 M. SP.). TO BRAM + I CLIMBED DIRECTLY UP THE RIDGE + STRUCK A GOOD TRAIL ON THE TOP GOING NORTH. BS-OF-P PIGEONS, COCKATOOS IN FULL VOICE. FLAMING ORANGE-RED D'ALBERTIS CREEPER CLIMBING INTO CROWNS OF TREES, CUT TRACK WITH LIK LIK DOWN (EAST) TO ROAD AGAIN. GOOD JACKING TRAIL: JOHN+TOBRAM JACKING TO NIGHT. WROTE HORRIE CLISSHOLD IN WAU, + LOUIS HUNTOON. FIRST TRAP NIGHT A DISAPPOINTMENT - 4 SMALL REDDISH MELOMYS, A BEAUTIFUL SPECIES. NATIVES BROUGHT ME A DACTYLOPSILA AND PERORYCTES RAFF, OUR FIRST OF THE TRIP. EMBALLONURA SHOT LAST NIGHT WAS CARRYING EMBRYO, AS ARE MOST OF THE BATS I AM CATCHING. WALKED UP INTO THE NOTCH IN HILLS IN BACK (EAST) OF CAMP.