164 SAT. 13 JUNE 1953 201 Top Camp. A DULL, RAINY, MISTY DAY WITH THE SUN TRYING TO BREAK THRU OCCISIONALLY BUT SOON GIVING UP. HAD ONE MELONY'S IN MY LINE + DAVID I RATTUS. OUR TOTAL FOR THE PAST WEEK 61 - ONE OF MY BEST. GRAND TOTAL 714. THE END OF JULY SHOULD SEE ME PAST OUR FIRST 1000 - I HOPE. BOYS BROUGHT IN BEECH FOREST TRAPS. HAD HOPED TO SET IN HIGH SCRUBS ABOVE CAMP BUT DUE TO RAIN I DID NOT SEND THEM UP. SET AROUND CAMP. TIM ASKED FOR 6 MORE + LOSIMA ALSO WANTED 6 - THE FEVER IS SPREADING. LAST NIGHT I LEFT THE RAT BODIES AT ONE END OF THE WORK FLY ON THE GROUND. THIS A.M. 4 HAD DISAPPEARED! THIS P.M. SET UP 17 CONCEALED STEELS AROUND REMAINING BODIES. NOT TOO OPTI- TIMISTIC. WRAPPED MORE SHINS. GAUZE WRAPPED MY FEW FORMOLIN SPECIMENS. BOYS ISSUED WITH BETEL NUT THIS P.M. ALL SINGING + CLAPPING. GETTING DARK - TIME TO SEE IF BATS ARE FLYING. 10.15 P.M. A FRUSTRATING 2- HOURS OF JACING. HEARD AT LEAST 6 GIANT TATS BUT COULD NOT SHINE ANY. DROPPING WILD FIGS ALL AROUND ME. GEOFF WAS NEARLY BEANED BY ONE LAST NIGHT WHEN PUTTING OUT HIS LIGHT TRAP IN THE GOLLY. FOUND 1 RING-TRIL TONIGHT - HIGH + IN LEAFY TOP - SHOT DID NOT BRING HIM DOWN + HE MUST HAVE SCRAMBLED INTO ANOTHER TREE. SMALL BATS ALL THRU THE WOODS. SKY HAS CLEARED. WET + DRIPPY IN FOREST TONIGHT. THE RAIN THIS A.M. SET OFF THE "PEEPERS". KIM + I FINALLY FOUND ONE IN THE LOOSE HUMUS. SMALL WITH RED BELLY - A VERY STRIKING FROG + NEW FOR GEOFF'S COLLECTION. HE PUT HIS BOYS ON THE TRACK, BUT LOSIMA WAS THE STAR COLLECTOR. MUCH MICRO LIFE IN THE HUMUS. TOO WET FOR LEN TO COLLECT TODAY. JUST ONE MORE WEEK IN THIS CAMP. SOUP, FISH CAKES, PEAS, RICE, BREAD + MARMALADE, + LEMON DRINK FOR DINNER.