154 WED. 3 JUNE 1953 211 TOP CAMP. MORE COLLECTING EXCITEMENT THIS A.M. ABOUT 1:AM. KIM WAS AWAKE & HE HEARD NOISES IN THE TREES DOWN IN THE RAVINE. HE WOKE DAVID & THE TWO FOUND 2 GIANT RATS (HYOMYS). DAVID SHOT ONE. ANOTHER NEW SPECIES FOR THE TRIP. ONE BY ONE THEY CAME IN. UP SPECIMENS TODAY. MADE UP THE LARGE POUCH YOUNG OF THE BROWN RINGTAIL: 2 MELOMYS + 5 RATTUS. CLEANED THE SKELETON OF HYOMYS. WORKED ON SPECIMENS MOST OF DAY. THIS A.M. SEVERAL CARRIERS ARRIVED FROM BINIGUNI. KEN SENT THEM UP WITH WHITE SUGAR, RICE, SALT, YAMS + SWEET POTATOES + 2/3'S OF A BOTTLE OF RUM (LEN & GEOFF ARE RUNNING SHORT!). I STILL HAVE OVER 2 BOTTLES OF LEMON POWDER. ALSO SENT BETEL NUT FOR THE BOYS (JUST LIKE CANDY TO THEM - EXCEPT THAT IF THEY CHEW TOO MUCH THEY BECOME STUPIFIED). NOTE FROM KEN DETAILING ALL HIS PLANS FOR FUTURE CARRIER SUPPLIES FROM COAST. I SILELE WILL NOT HAVE TO GO DOWN TO HELP KEN. BAT SHOOTING IN LATE P.M. SAW ONLY ONE AT TOP OF HILL. NO EYE TONIGHT - FIRED 3 TIMES & DID NOT BRING IT DOWN. JIMMY CAME HOME EARLY TODAY WITH A HUGE BLACK + WHITE CUSCUS. OUR 3RD OF THIS SPECIES + BY FAR THE LARGEST. DECIDED TO TAKE A REST FROM JACKING TONIGHT. READ + DRIED SKULLS OVER HANDLE OF LAMP. TO BED EARLY 10:15 P.M. MISTED UP THIS P.M. - A LITTLE RAIN. STARS OUT TONIGHT.