151 SUN. 31 MAY 1953 214 TOP CAMP. A WET MISTY DAY. NOT COLD. TONIGHT THE STARS ARE OUT AND THE MOON IS RISING BUT A THIN MIST IS HANGING IN THE CAMP HOLLOW AND IN THE MOSSY FOREST. WENT JACKING OVER THE NEW TRAIL DAVID CUT. TREES DRIPPING. MY LUCK STILL HELD - BROUGHT IN 1 OF THE BROWN-FACED RINGTAIL POSSUM A 9 WITH 1 SMALL POUCH YOUNG. MY 4TH OF THIS SPECIES. ALSO CLIMBED DOWN INTO THE RAVINE BEHIND CAMP. NOTHING. LAMPS WERE LITERALLY FOR INSECTS. GEOFF DISCOVERED BATS FLYING OVER THE TENTS. ONE LUCKY CLOSE SHOT GAVE ME A NEW SPECIES FOR THIS CAMP. BELIEVE IT IS A MINIOPETERUS BUT LOOKS DIFFER- ENT THAN OTHERS COLLECTED ON CAPE VOGEL. NEW SPECIES UP HERE WILL COME HARD FROM NOW ON. TODAY IS THE 1ST DAY OF OUR 11TH COLLECTING WEEK. TOTALS FOR THE FIRST 10 WEEKS: 614 SPECIMENS; 85 MARSUPIALS; 335 BATS; 194 RODENTS. ALMOST 3 WEEKS OF THIS WAS LOST TIME MOVING FROM MENAP TO "TOP CAMP". THE NEXT 3 MONTHS WILL BE ALMOST SOLID COLL- ECTING. ONLY 1 RATTUS IN MY TRAPS THIS AIM. RAIN HAD SPRING OR RUINED BAIT ON NEARLY ALL TRAPS. NO ONE ELSE CAUGHT ANYTHING. SET NEW LINE OF MUSEUM SPECIALS (25) ON NEW JACKING TRAIL IN FOREST. LIGHT RAIN PROBABLY SPOILED BAIT AGAIN. BOYS BUILT A BARK OVERHANG ON ONE END OF THE WORK FLY - THE END THE RAIN BEATS IN. NOW VERY DARK EVEN WITH BARK DOOR OPEN. LEN IS DOING PLANT WORK IN 1/2 OF MY TENT. HE USUALLY SLEEPS & WORKS IN A TENT OF HIS OWN. GEOFF + I WILL BUNK IN TOGETHER AT THE NEXT CAMP. WALKED AROUND JACKING TRAIL IN P.M. MIST SWIRLING THRU THE TREES, NOW WONDER THE FERNS + MOSSSES ARE EVERYWHERE IN PROLIFUSION. DID A RECAPITULATION ALL SPECIMENS COLLECTED TO DATE. A RELATIVE- LY RESTFUL DAY FOR ME.