30 Days JUNE 1959 6th Month OVERCAST, MOSTLY. SOME SUN. 25 THURSDAY 176-189 (105) MT. WILHELM, LAKE AUNDE QUIET MORNING - 4 RATTUS + 1 POGONOMELOMYS FROM GRASS BELOW TEMP. SHED. SMALL BOYS ARRIVED ABOUT NOON WITH ANOTHER NEOHYDROMYS!, 2 ANTECHINUS, AND A RING-TAIL NEW TO ME - STRIKINGLY MARKED ABOUT THE HEAD WITH BROWN + BLACK - MAY BE P. MAYERI, ONLY 1 SPECIMEN KNOWN FROM T.N.G. (TOMBA). IN P.M. LIK LIK + I CLIMBED HALFWAY UP SOUTH RIDGE TO LARGE BOULDER WHERE JOHN HAD NOTICED SOME OWL PELLETS. SPENT 2 HOURS SIFTING DIRT FOR ODD BONES AS WELL AS COLLECT- ING INTACT PELLETS. A VERY FINE COLLECTION. 2 FEATHERS FROM OWL, TOO, PICS OF SMALL HOUSE; L.L. AT ROCK, + LL + CAMP IN DISTANCE. MISTY NIGHT, BLUE SKY DAY UP HERE, CLOUD 26 FRIDAY 177-188 (106) MT. WILHELM, LAKE AUNDE BOARDS QUIET DAY. 2 POGONOMELOMYS, 2 RATTUS. CLEANED + WRAPPED SPECIMENS. PUT SKULLS IN TIN CANS. DRIED OWL PELLETS. LEN CLIMBED TRAIL TO LEFT PYRAMID TODAY + IS NOW WITHIN REACH OF 400 #S. BEAUTIFUL CLOUD EFFECTS OVER MT. PEAKS AT NOON - SEVERAL PICTURES. ALSO 1 OF CAMP. JOHN ARRIVED BACK IN CAMP IN P.M. HAS #2 CAMP ALL SET UP FOR US. SAYS IT IS WARM THERE IN TREES. HAVE FOUND TOP CAMP MUCH WARMER THAN I EXPECTED. I CAME PREPARED FOR REALLY COLD MT. WEATHER, MT. MANEAU COLDER. PICTURES OF CLOUDS AT SUNSET. PIGEON SOUP TONIGHT. WAK SHOT WITH BOW + ARROW. LETTER TO B. MARLOW. STILL NO MAIL. ANOTHER LOVELY DAY. SOME CUM - 27 SATURDAY 178-187 (107) MT. WILHELM, LAKE AUNDE JOHN LEFT AT 9:55 A.M. FOR HIS DIRECT EAST APPROACH TO MT. W'S MAIN PEAK (I.E. VIA THE NORTH RIDGE OF THE P.A. VALLEY, WHICH RUNS E-W). ARRIVED SUMMIT 2:45 AFTER HARD, TORTUOUS CLIMB. ALTIMETER 15050 FT. HOME AT 5 P.M. VIA SOUTHERN ROUTE WHICH IS LONGER BUT EASIER BY FAR. ONLY 3 RATTUS TODAY. WRAPPED A FEW SPECIMENS. TOOK A FEW PICTURES. REALLY MY FIRST LAZY DAY IN THIS CAMP, HAD A GOOD WARM BATH; KIM'S TRAPS IN. WATCHED SMALL BOYS FIX STEAM PIT FOR KAU-KAU + CABBAGE. THIS IS JOHN'S 3RD CLIMB UP MT. W.! FAIR, WITH SOME CLOUD FROM N. 28 SUNDAY 179-186 (108) MT. WILHELM, LAKE AUNDE 1 RATTUS ONLY, BUT OUR FIRST PSEUDOSCORPIONS! ALSO FLEAS + MITES. MORE PACKING; WRAPPED ALL FORMALIN SPECIMENS. KNOCKDOWN BOX FULL - CARRYING LEN'S MOSSSES, TOO, HERP CAN FULL. JOHN LEFT AT 2 P.M. WITH MAIL. WROTE K., D. + BILL, HOBY + MIMI, DON CARTER. PICTURES OF PEAKS IN LATE P.M. - BEAUTIFUL CLOUD EFFECTS. LEN NOW HAS 384 #S. HAVE CATALOGED 267 #S MAMMALS. HERPS , BOYS SINGING TONIGHT. HAPPY TO LEAVE CAMP. LEN WILL LEAVE EARLY TOMORROW. CARRIERS UP ABOUT 10 OR 11!