OUR 2ND SPECIMEN. HE ALSO BROUGHT IN ANOTHER PRIZE - A NEW (OUR 3RD SPECIES FOR MANEAU) POGONOMYS, VERY LONG TAIL WITH WHITE TIP & DORSAL LY PRENENSILE. I SHOT ANOTHER SMALL BAT AT DUSK OVER THE CAMP CLEARING. LIK LIK & I SLEPT WENT OUT HUNTING; THEY BANGED AWAY A COUPLE OF TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS. DAVID & I WENT DOWN THE EAST SLOPE WHERE WE HAD HEARD GIANT RATS IN TREES. DAVID SHOT A HYOMYS OUT OF THREE - NO EYE SHINE - OUR 2ND SPECIMEN. THIS MADE 7 SPECIMENS, 7 SPECIES FOR THE AFTERNOON & EVENING. NOW HAVE 13 SPECIES FOR THIS CAMP IN LESS THAN A WEEK + OVER 2 WEEKS TO GO! 10:30 P.M. I'M OFF TO BED - I CAN SEE A BUSY DAY TO- MORROW. GEOFF & HIS BOYS CUT TRAIL TOWARDS A BIG MOUNTAIN BROOK IN THE EAST SLOPE. EXPECTS TO REACH IT TOMORROW. 177 (148) FRI. 26 JUNE 1953 188 MIDDLE CAMP. A MELOMYS IN TRAP MADE 9 SPECIMENS - 8 SPECIES IN 1 DAY! COLLECTED PARASITES FROM HYOMYS & MELOMYS. SAVED SKELETON OF POGONOMYS. GEOFF & HIS 2 BOYS CONTINUED ON THEIR CUT TRAIL TODAY UNTIL THEY REACHED THE BROOK - A FAIR SIZED MT. TORRENT ENCLOSED IN RAIN FOREST, LEFT AT 9:1 BACK AT 2:PM. JUST AS CLOUDS CLOSED IN & RAIN STARTED. DIDN'T LAST LONG. FULL MOON TONIGHT. DAVID SHOT 3 BROWN-HEADED RING-TAILS TONIGHT - ONE WITH FAIR-SIZED POUCH YOUNG. I SHOT AT 2 RATS & MISSED BOTH. PUT MY BAT NET UP AGAIN IN A TUNNEL-LIKE PART OF TRAIL. NIKO FINALLY CAPTURED ONE OF THE 6:00 CLOCK CICADAS - A BEAUTY ABOUT 3 INCHES LONG. MADE A MEAT SET WITH 3 STEELS NEAR CAMP. SOUP, STEW & RICE PUDDING FOR DINNER. BOYS HEARD A DOG NOT TOO FAR FROM CAMP - WE THINK THEY MAY BE UP FROM BINIGUNI HUNTING FOR US. THEY MAY SHOW UP IN CAMP ANY DAY. 178 (149) SAT. 27 JUNE 1953 187 MIDDLE CAMP. TODAY IS SUMMED UP IN 1 WORD TRAIN. WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE NOT TO HAVE HAD MORE SO WE ARE NOT COMPLAINING. CAUGHT A SPECIMEN OF A NEW GENUS FOR EXPEDITION IN SMALL TRAP JUST OUTSIDE OF THE WORK FLY. A FAWN & WHITE MOUSE, LONG TAIL & LONG SLENDER FEET, BIG EARS (LORENTZIMYS). AN EXCITING CATCH. LIK LIK CAUGHT A NATIVE CAT IN A MEAT SET. TODAY ENDED 14TH COLLECTING WEEK: 128 MARSOPIALS; 344 BATS; 368 RODENTS; 1 MONOTREME - TOTAL 841. FOR WEEK, 64. RUNNER ARRIVED WITH MAIL AT LUNCHTIME! K.#3 11, 12, 13(CLIPPINGS) 14(LAST 6TH JUNE); MOTHER MAY 1 & 27; DR. MAYR, J. Z.; DOTTIE, MAY 20; BUS P., F.I. A BONANZA!