124 153 TUES. 2 JUNE 1953 212 TOP CAMP. A LOVELY CLEAR DAY. COLD LAST NIGHT BUT I SLEPT WARM. LIK LIK BROUGHT IN 1 MELOMYS + 2 RATTUS (GRAY-B.). NO ONE ELSE HAD ANYTHING IN TRAPS. DAVID HAS RESET HIS TRAP LINE TODAY. JIMMY WENT DOWN TOWARDS THE RIVER SCRUB THIS A.M. AND DID NOT GET BACK UNTIL 3 P.M. BROUGHT IN A F BROWN-HEADED RINGTAIL WITH A LARGE POUCH YOUNG THAT JUST ABOUT FILLED THE POUCH. BOTH ALIVE, BUT NO SUN TO TAKE PICTURES. YOUNG MADE A SQUEAKY CHATTERING (RASPY) THAT SOUND LIKE A BIRD SCOLDING. HAVE THE F IN A PLASTIC BAG HOPING THAT PARASITES WILL HOP OFF. HAVE COLLECTED A FAIR NUMBER UP HERE FOR THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. THEY ARE STUDYING POSSIBLE DISEASE VECTORS. DRYING WENT WELL TODAY + I UN- PINNED A FEW MORE SPECIMENS. A NATIVE CAME INTO CAMP TODAY. MEMBER OF A VILLAGE HUNTING PARTY (WITH DOGS!). THEY ARE ON THE MOUNTAIN ACROSS THE KWARIU RIVER. HAVE KILLED 10 TREE KAN- THEY SMOKE THE MEAT TO TAKE HOME + 2 SPINY ANTEATERS! HE HAS PROMISED TO BRING US SOME SPECIMENS FOR TOBACCO. I HOPE SO! WE CERTAINLY NEED A MAN WITH A GOOD HUNTING DOG TO GET THE RARE LARGE SPECIMENS. KIM WAS VERY HELPFUL AS TRANS- LATOR. I HAVE THE DAGA LANGUAGE NAMES FOR MOST OF THE LOCAL ANIMALS. THIS MAN FROM BONENAU - BROTHER OF GON, INTERPRETER WHO CAME UP TO TOP CAMP WITH US, TACKING TONIGHT. SAW NOTHING FOR FIRST TIME, BUT RAN INTO MYSTERY. COULD HEAR SOME ANIMAL FEEDING IN LEAFY TOP OF TREE, CRY SOMETHING LIKE FLYING FOX, BUT WHEN I FIRED SHOT NOTHING FLEW, FRUIT (?) DROPPING TO GROUND. STAYED THERE FOR OVER 1/2 HOUR. LIGHT GETTING DIM SO I CAME HOME. GEOFF HAS THE LIGHT TRAP IN MY TENT NOT MANY MICROS TONIGHT. HOPE THE HUNTER COMES TOMORROW. DRYING SHULLS OVER LAMP. SMELLS GOOD.