159 MON. 8 JUNE 1953 206 TOP CAMP. THE 60 TRAPS NEAR CAMP YIELDED 2 SPECIES OF RATTUS AND MY FIRST ANTECHINUS - NOW HAVE 3. AN EASY MORNING. WE WERE IN THE CLOUDS & HAD DRIVING RAIN FROM THE NORTH FOR A FEW HOURS. LEN + I BOTH WORKED IN MY TENT TO KEEP OUT OF THE WIND. UNPINNED & WRAPPED A FEW MORE SPECIMENS. IN P.M. RAIN UPSET MY PLANS TO VISIT THE BEECH FOREST & HAVE THE BOYS START TRAPPING THERE. THEY PUT OUT TRAPS AROUND CAMP AGAIN. LILIK AND I WENT OUT HUNTING FOR ALMOST 3 HOURS TONIGHT. SHOT 1 YOUNG BROWN-HEADED RINGTAIL. LOOKED LIKE SMALL RAT WHEN I FIRST SAW HIM. HEARD & SAW A FEW BATS BUT NO CHANCE TO COLLECT. DAVID WAS OUT, TOO, BUT I HEARD NO SHOTS. WE WENT DOWN THE MOUNTAIN STREAM GORGE TO N. OF CAMP. VERY STEEP SLOPES. LEN SHOWED ME A GIANT MAIDEN HAIR FERN HE COLLECTED - 3 FEET HIGH. ALSO ANOTHER NEW RHODODENDRON. SWEET POTATOES ARE STILL HOLDING OUT - GOOD. KIM MADE DELICIOUS RISSOLES TONIGHT OUT OF CANNED FISH. HE CAN FIX UP ALL SORTS OF ORDINARY FOOD SO THAT IT TASTES GOOD. HIS BREAD DIDN'T QUITE BAKE TODAY - DOUGHY IN THE CENTER - BUT IT STILL TASTES GOOD. LIGHT TRAP WORKING WELL FOR GEOFF TONIGHT. HE CAUGHT A MEDIUM SIZED PALE POWDER BLUE MOTH WHICH IS VERY BEAUTIFUL. RUNNERS LEFT EARLY THIS A.M. WITH MAIL & FILM. 2 WEEKS FROM TODAY WE SHOULD BE SETTLED IN OUR 2ND OR MIDDLE CAMP.