GET OVER MY GOOD LUCK! I TOOK PICTURES OF THE G. WITH THE TREE - IT TRAPPED OVER HIS SHOULDERS. AFTER LUNCH I SKINNED ZAGALOSSUS - THE LONG BEAK WAS QUITE IN TUB BUT THE RESTING AN OLD STORY PETER MAY! CARE YORK EXPERIENCE, WITH TRACHYLODEBUS. THE BOYS KINNED THE TREE. WHILE I WERE DRESSING. THEIR COUNSELOR GETS THE MEAT WHICH HE BRINGS HIS WIFE GARRY TOOK TO BINIGUNI. HE LEAVES TOMORROW AS HE WANTS TO GO TO FULLOCHY RAG FEAST. KEN GOES DOWN, TOO, IN HELP PROMISES TO SEND UP ANOTHER HUNTER WITH DOGS. I HOPE SO BECAUSE WITHOUT DOGS IT IS ONLY LUCK THAT BRINGS IN SOME OF THESE MAMMALS. THICK CLOUD + RAIN + DARK CAUGHT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF MY WORK SO I ALMOST STOP FOR THE DAY. AFTER DINNER WROTE LETTERS TO K., DR. ANTHONY, UNCLE WILLIE, GENERAL + LAU. 2 ROLLS OF MANEU FILM ALSO GO OUT WITH KEN. FRANK LEAVES BINIGUNI FOR BANIARA IN A DAY OR SO TAKES THE MAIL WITH HIM. NO JACKING - TOO WET. 175V (146) Wed 24 June 1953 MIDDLE CAMP. NO REAL SURPRISES TODAY. DAVID HAD A NICE "NATIVE CAT" IN HIS MEAT SET TIP OR AND FOR MANEAL ONLY 7 RATS. GAVE ME FICHANGE TO GET CAUGHT UP IN MY WORK. KEN LEFT IN EARLY 9 A.M. HE TOOK LASIMA DOWN WITH HIM. NISO STAYS HERE TO HELP IN THE KITCHEN. SKINNED OUT THE FLEET OF ZAGALOSSUS. I SCARRED HIS SPINE MUSCLES, AWAKENED THE BODY & PUT IT AWAY TO CURE FOR A DAY OR SO. TIMMY CAME IN WITH A GASONE THIS A.M. BOYS WERE HUNTING ALL P.M. BUT FOUND NOTHING. I PUT MY BAT NET ACROSS THE UP TRAIL. NOT OPTIMISTIC. SHOT MY FIRST BAT FOR THIS CAMP - MINIOTERYS! TACKING AFTER DINNER - SHOT A LITTLE SCRUB WALLBY. DAVID OUT + BROUGHT IN A CUSCUS. A GOOD START FOR TOMORROW. MOON OUT BRIGHT TONIGHT. WENT OUT FOR 1/2 HR. TO LOOK FOR GIANT RATS - COULD HEAR THEM BUT THEY ARE VERY HARD TO SEE. IN CLOUDS MOST OF DAY. KIM MADE A WONDERFUL MEAT PIE TONIGHT WITH VERY LIGHT CRUST. 176 (147) Thurs. 25 June 1953 MIDDLE CAMP. THE DAY STARTED SLOWLY BUT WOUND UP IN A BLAZE OF EX- CITEMENT. A QUIET SUNNY MORNING MEASURING + SKINNING. LEN BACK AT 1 P.M. AFTER LUNCH WHILE I WAS MAKING UP SKINS LIKLIK CAME IN WITH A LIVE ANTECHINUS WHICH HE HAD CAUGHT BY HAND! NEW FOR THIS CAMP. ALSO A RATTUS FROM HIS TRAP LINE. DAVID WENT UP THE TRAIL HACKING BEFORE DARK AND ON HIS RETURN SHOT A BROWN-HEADED RING-TAIL + A LARGE BROWN RING-TAIL -