152. MON. 1 JUNE 1953 213 TOP CAMP. ANOTHER WET TRAP NIGHT + I SILELE TURNED IN THE ONLY RATIUS. SALVAGED A SKIN & SKULL OUT OF THE SHOT UP BAT, A RIGIDELY MORNING FOR A CHANGE. BETTER WEATHER TODAY, A FEW CLOUDS DRIFTING INTO CAMP BUT NO RAIN AND OCCASIONAL SUNSHINE. BOYS OFF HUNTING ALL DAY BUT NO LUCK. DAVID HAD A LONG SHOT AT A WALLABY BUT MISSED. SPENT PART OF THE P.M., SETTING STEEL TRAPS + WALKING OVER MY JACKING TRAILS. THE END OF ONE PATH LEADS TO A HUGE HOOP PINE STANDING ON THE RIDGE OF A STEEP RAVINE DOWN WHICH A SMALL BROOK TUMBLES OVER ROCKY LEDGES. WROTE LETTER TO DR. MRS. LORD, 5:45 P.M. GET- TING CLOSE TO BAT-SHOOTING TIME. HOPE THEY SHOW UP TONIGHT. SUN SETS IN CAMP AT 4 P.M. UNPINNED A FEW MORE SKINS. GEOFF + I TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A PATCH OF SUN AFTER LUNCH TO TAKE A BATH; 10:30 P.M. MY LUCK IS STILL HOLDING: WENT DOWN INTO RAVINE IN BACK OF CAMP + NOTICED SMALL BAT GOING OVER OVER SAME FLIGHT PATH- ADDED HIM TO COLLECTION; KIM SAW BAT UP THE HILL CIRCLING THE BIG PINE TREES - WHEN I CLIMBED UP TO TOP SAW OTHERS FLYING AGAINST SUNSET. SHOT ONE & SAW IT FALL BUT COULD NOT FIND. TOOK 15 OF THE BOYS UP AFTER DINNER + TIMMY FOUND IT AT THE PLACE I HAD MARKED IN THE GRASS. BOTH MINIOPTEBUS - ANXIOUS TO COMPARE MEASUREMENTS WITH LOWLAND M. BEAUTIFUL ORANGE GLOW SUNSET BEHIND GOROPU. PINES ALSO OUTLINED CLOUDS IN THE RIVER GORGE BUT BRIGHT & CLEAR AT CAMP. WENT JACKING (TOOK I SILELE) FROM 7:30-9:1 CALL. 1 GREEN POSSUM + 1 YG. 8 BROWN+ HEADED POSSUM (SITTING ON VINE - LOOKED LIKE SMALL OWL) - VERY THICK WOOLY FUR. DAVID OUT, TOO, BUT FOUND NOTHING. BACK TO CAMP - GEOFF + LEN COLLECTING MOTHS ON OUTSIDE OF TENT (LIGHT TRAPS INSIDE). MEASURED POSSUMS WHILE RELAXED. WANT TO COMPARE WITH MORNING AFTER MEASUREMENTS. LOOKS LIKE GOOD WEATHER TOMORROW. NEED 1 MORE SUNNY DAY TO DRY SPECIMENS.