WED. 20 MAY 1953 TOP CAMP. I AM WRITING THESE NOTES IN MY NEW BED. THERE ARE X ED STICKS AT HEAD & FOOT. TWO POLES ARE LASHED TO THESE X X AND MY ROUND CLOTH STRETCH BETWEEN THEM ~ LIKE A STRETCHER. SLEEPING IN MY WINTER PANTALOONS, 3 SWEATER SOCKS + IN THE SLEEPING BAG. 3 MORE RATTUS & 1 MELOMYS IN TRAPS, LIKELIHOOD IS ILLELE DID VERY GOOD HAB ON THE POSSUM. KEN ARRIVED IN CAMP WITH 10 CARRIERS AT ABOUT 11 A.M. FROM MIDDLE CAMP. BROUGHT MY OTHER TRAP SWAG + COOL BOX 39 (ALL SET NOW FOR NEXT 5-6 WEEKS UP HERE (ALSO AMMO BOX). PUT MY END OF THE COOL EATING FLY IN ORDER. 2ND TENT CAME UP & GEOFF HAD IT RIGGED IN P.M. ALSO BUILT SMALL SHED FOR OUR MAX MIN THERMOMETER. KEN IS FREEZING. HAS HAD 11 YEARS OF WARM LIVING. TOOK IN ALL MY TURPS. PUT 18 ALONG BROOK IN MOSSY FOREST, 27 IN GRASS. BILLIITS, HAVE 25 EACH IN GRASS. DAVID HAS ALL OF HIS IN MOSSY FOREST. CLOUDS BLED IN AT DINNER TIME. CLEAR BY 7:45. LIT LIKE + I WENT JACKING UNTIL NINE. NOTHING. KEN, DRESSED IN A JUNGLE SUIT & MY PARITA HOOD + WITH A HEADLIGHT TRIED TO GUN BARREL OF HIS .22, WENT OUT LOOKING FOR WALLABY. ISILELE, WRAPPED IN A BLANKET WENT WITH HIM. NO LUCK. KEN IS LEAVING ON MAY 29TH. PIGEON STEW (KEN SHOT IT THIS A.M.), RICE PEAS, BEEF RISSOLES + HAM FOR DINNER. CAMP IS REALLY ON A PERMANENT BASIS NOW.