116 TEMP. AT -1°C LAST NIGHT (COLDEST YET). HEAVY FROST, BRILLIANT MOON TONIGHT. MON. 25 MAY 1953 TOP CAMP. KEN PACKED HIS KNAPSACK AFTER BREAKFAST + AFTER I TOOK A COUPLE OF PICTURES STARTED DOWN THE MOUNTAIN TO BINIGUNI WITH NITO (ONE OF OUR BOYS) + FRANK, The NATIVE MEDICAL ASSISTANT. SHOULD BE DOWN WELL BEFORE DARK. HE IS ON HIS WAY OUT TO BIAWA ON THE COAST TO PICK UP STORES + START SUPPLIES MOVING IN FOR OUR MIDDLE CAMP. THIS SHOULD BE AN EASIER JOB THAN GETTING US ALL SETTLED HERE AT TOP CAMP. I WILL MISS HIM. NO COMPANY IN MY TENT TONIGHT EXCEPT RATS, POSSUMS, CUSCUS + WALLABIES TODAY WAS AN EXCITING ONE FOR THE MAMMAL DEPARTMENT. FIRST LIT LIT BROUGHT IN A NEW GENUS POGONOMYS - A LONG- TAILED LITTLE TREE RAT WHICH HE CAUGHT OUT IN THE GRASS! 3 OTHER RATS OF 7 SPECIES WE HAVE. BOYS SHINNED OUT WALLA- BIES - SKULLS ALMOST PERFECT. I FINISHED MAKING UP TODAY'S + YESTERDAY'S SKINS. I HAD SENT DAVID OUT IN P.M. TO LOOK FOR ANIMALS IN HOLES IN TREES. HE FOUND ONE + IT RAN UP THE TREE. DAVID WENT DOWN, GOT HIS GUN + COLLECTED OUR FIRST GIANT RAT: UROMYS ANAK WHICH HAS A WIDE DISTRIBUTION IN THE MOUNTAINS OF N.G. THEN LIT LIT + ISILELE CAME IN WITH ANOTHER GOLDEN-GREEN POSSUM. STILL ALIVE - VERY GENTLE + QUIET. GAVE THE BOYS A SPELL TONIGHT + INVITED LOSIMA TO GO OUT WITH ME. I SPOTTED EYES NOT A 100 YDS. FROM CAMP. IN LEEFY HIGH TREE (FIRED 3 6s + 1 .410) - RETURNED TO CAMP FOR SOME 4 H'S. FIRED 3 MORE ROUNDS BEFORE SMALL POSSUM FELL OUT OF TREE. AN IMMATURE RING-TAIL WITH A STRIKING FACE PATTERN - YOUNG? - SAME SPECIES AS THE ONE KEN BROUGHT IN A FEW NIGHT AGO. LOSIMA IS A GOOD HUNTING COMPANION. DELICIOUS DINNER TONIGHT: SOUP, HASH, HAMBURGERS + BAKED BEANS, NEW BREAD, PEAS, CANNED PINEAPPLE + A CANDY BAR!