FRIDAY 22 MAY 1953 TOP CAMP. WE ALL HAD A GOOD WARM SLEEP LAST NIGHT. DID NOT ZIP DOWN THE SLEEPING BAG UNTIL 6:30 A.M. CLOUDS & SUN HAVE ALTERNATED IN CAMP TODAY. TRAPPED 3 RATTUS + 1 MELOMYS, DAVID - 2 RATTUS, LIK-LIK - 1 RATTUS. ALL THE BOYS WERE PUT TO WORK ON THEIR SHELTER THIS A.M. IF THEY WON'T HELP THEMSELVES, WE HAVE TO SEE THEY DO SOMETHING TO KEEP WARM. ALL BARKED + BRUSHED IN, WITH DOORS + SMOKE HOLES OVER DARK DOORS / GRASS, FERNS + BARK UNDER THEIR BLANKETS. WORKED UNTIL ABOUT 3: P.M. THEN KEN GLOFF + I + THE BOYS WENT OVER THE HILL + INTO THE MOSSY FOREST TO CUT A HACKING TRAIL - THIS ENDS AT CAMP. I SET 4 STEEL TRAPS IN A WALLABY PAD - ALSO PUT RAT BODIES BETWEEN TRAPS. LOVELY CLOUD + SUN EFFECT OVER RIVER GATE. TO 5. THE HOOP PINES MAKE A FINE SIGHT AGAINST THE CLOUDS. 6: P.M. AND WE ARE ALL SITTING DOWN TO A RUM. I STILL HAVE A FEW DROPS IN A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR. KEN BUILT A PATTA PATTI IN MY TENT TODAY FOR MY MAMMAL DRYING BOARDS. AN EXCITING HACKING NIGHT. DAVID + I OUT TOGETHER, KEN + LIK-LIK. I SHOT A RING-TAILED POSSUM - NEW FOR THE TRIP - A GOLDEN GREENISH TINGE TO GRAY BLACK PELAGE. KEN SHOT A SMALL RING-TAIL (#4 - 12GR. IT IN THE TAIL END) BROWN, BUFF + WHITE FACE MARMOTS - ALSO NEW. THE ANIMAL I THOUGHT WAS A RING-TAIL (COLL. MAY 19) MUST BE A CUSCUS. A MONTH SHOULD GIVE US A FAIR IDEA OF WHAT IS HERE, BUT YOU NEVER REALLY WORK A PLACE OUT. SAW SMALL BAT IN FOREST TONIGHT. THOUGHT WE HEARD A FLYING FOX ON THE WING BUT NOT SURE. WARM IN FOREST. 10:30 P.M.