Sun. 10 May 1953 BIANA. A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 72° AT 6:30 A.M. BROUGHT IN TRAPS. NO CATCH. BOY FROM VILLAGE BROUGHT ME A GRASS RAT - OUR ONLY RODENT HERE. LIM-LIK SKINNED SMALL ♀ WALLABY WHILE I STOLE DID THE FEET OF FIRST LARGE MALE. DAVID BROUGHT ANOTHER LARGE REDDISH ♂ IN BEFORE NOON. HE IS A GOOD PERSISTANT HUNTER. 3 BOYS SKINNED WALLABY IN P.M. I CLEANED SKULLS + THEY SMOKE-DRIED VERY WELL OVER KITCHEN FIRE. LATE IN P.M. A NATIVE FROM N. SLOPE OF MANEAU BROUGHT ME 7 NEAR PERFECT LOWER JAWS OF WALLABY. BOUGHT FOR 2 LARGE BISCUITS. TOWN + TAKWA-TAKWA. WATCHED LEN PUT UP BOTANICAL SPECIMENS FOR AN HOUR OR SO. HE IS PICKLING TODAY'S COLLECTION. WILL DO SOME BOTANICAL WORK ON MOUNTAIN IF LEN IS CALLED TO NEW YORK. MANEAU WAS CLEAR AT SUNSET. TOOK PICTURE 1/5 AT F8 BUT THIS SPEED SETTING STICKS. 1/19 IS O.K. BUT CAN USE NOTHING SLOWER. WE EXPECT TOMORROW TO BE OUR LAST DAY HERE + WILL SPEND TIME PARKING + GETTING CARRIER LOADS READY FOR AN EARLY TUESDAY START. KIM SQUEEZED A COUPLE OF BOTTLES OF ORANGE JUICE FOR ME TODAY. VERY GOOD. DAVID GAVE ME A HAIRCUT TODAY WITH THE CLIPPERS + COMB + SCI - HE DOES A VERY GOOD JOB + IT FEEL QUITE RESPECTABLE TONIGHT. GAVE HIM AN ARMY RATION CAN OF JAM + SOME ARMY CRACKERS FOR HIS TROUBLE. IT IS ONLY 9:PM. + LEN IS IN BED + GEOFF IS READY TOO. NO HACKING TONIGHT SO I GUESS I'LL TURN IN TOO. WE ALL LIVE IN OUR OWN LITTLE WORLDS. CONVERSATION IS ALWAYS AN EFFORT WHEN ALL THREE ARE TOGETHER. WE GO FOR MINUTES AT A TIME WITHOUT WORDS. WE ALL HAVE OUR NOTEBOOKS, DIARIES + LETTERS TO WORK ON MOST OF THE TIME, HOWEVER. WILL BE GLAD TO SEE KEN AGAIN. THINGS WILL LIVEN UP.