(#3) 172. (143) SUN. 21 JUNE 1953 193 MIDDLE CAMP. (SEE ABOVE). CARRIES OFF TO BINIGUNI ABOUT 9: COUNSELOR OFF WITH HIS 2 DOGS + WIFE, HUNTING. CAUGHT 1 RATTUS IN WORK FLY + MY BOYS HAD AN EASY DAY SKINNING THE 2 CUSCUSES. 1 RING-TAIL. HAD JUST FINISHED MAKING UP SHINS AFTER LUNCH WHEN OUR HUNTER CAME BACK WITH A BIG & TREE KANGAROO!! GRIZZLED HEAD, THICK BODY, SHORT HIND FEET, AN DISTINCT LY RINGED TAIL. WEIGHED 18 LBS. KEN + I RIGGED HIM ON TREE TRUNKY. I TOOK SEVERAL PICTURES. WE ARE CAMPED IN THE MIDDLE OF OAK-BEACH FOR- EST ON ONE OF THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES. NO VIEW. SKINNED THE TREE CLIMBER. WENT HICKING WITH KEN. HEARD RATS + SAW BATS BUT SHOT NOTHING. BACK AT CAMP TO FIND TIM TAKING AXE OUT TO DAVID WHO HAD LOCATED A CUSCUS. ANIMAL WENT FROM TREE TO TREE WITH 13 BOYS FOLLOWING LEAF NOISE. WENT IN CIRCLE FINDING IN BIG TREE NEAR BOYS FLY. DAVID SHOT BUT POSSUM HUNG UP, SO BILLY CHOPPED TREE DOWN). OUR 3RD. CUSCUS. THEY DID A FINE JOB TO FOLLOW CUSCUS SO WELL + PATIENTLY. GEOFF SNORING HIS HEAD OFF WHEN I WENT TO BED. NOT COLD BUT SLEPT IN MY BAG. BOYS PUT TRANS OUT (NOT YESTERDAY). CAMP SHAKING DOWN WELL TODAY. 170 (144) MON. 22 JUNE 1953 192 MIDDLE CAMP. I WILL REMEMBER THIS DAY FOR A LONG TIME. THE BOYS + I WERE QUIETLY AT WORK PREPARING OUR CUSCUS, THE RATTUS + MELOMYS WHEN THE COUNSELOR, HIS WIFE + 2 DOGS WALKED INTO CAMP. THE WIFE WAS CARRYING THE MORNING CATCH IN HER FOREHEAD SLING BAG - 1 RING-TAIL POSSUM (SIMILAR TO THE GOLDEN-GREEN ONE AT TOP CAMP, BUT A DIFF. SPECIES), AND A 7-GLASSES! - THE FAMOUS LONG-BEAKED SPINY ANT-EATER OF NEW GUINEA. THIS IS ONLY THE 2ND ONE TAKEN ON 4 ARCHBOLD EXP. TO N.G. QUITE RARE IN THE BIG MAMMAL COLLECTIONS, MUCH MORE HAIR THAN THE SHORT-BEAKED CAPE YORK "PARCUPINES" + FEWER SPINES - THESE ALMOST CONCEALED BY THE HAIR. I TRIED TO TAKE PICTURES BUT LIGHT VERY POOR. KEN DIDN'T WANT ME TO SHOW MY ERATION IN FRONT OF THE COUNSELOR SINCE HAVEN'T SETTLED ON PRICES YET. THE ANIMAL IS EVIDENTLY WELL KNOWN TO THE MANEAU PEOPLE (IN DAGA DIALECT- KOTAYO). IN THE P.M. DAVID BROUGHT IN 2 MORE DROWN-HEADED RING-TAILS, THAT HE FOUND IN TREE HOLE. HE JACKED ANOTHER AT NIGHT + KEN ALSO SHOT A SMALL ONE (AS USUAL #4!). I HAD 3 SPECIMENS TO FILL AFTER DINNER SO I DID NOT GO OUT. THESE WOODS ARE RICH WITH LIFE. WE WILL HAVE A BUSY WINTER. LEN FOUND A PRIMITIVE "FISH-TAIL" FERN TODAY. RARE. 174 (145) TUES. 23 JUNE 1953 191 MIDDLE CAMP. MORE EXCITEMENT. THIS MORNING THE COUNSELOR WALKED IN WITH ANOTHER & TREE CLIMBER WITH A HAIRLESS "JOEY" (POUCH YOUNG). I CAN'T