ALREADY FOR US TO MOVE INTO ON THE 27TH. LOSIMAS' STEEL TRAPS HAD A "NATIVE CAT" THIS P.M. MAKES 10 SPECIES FOR CAMP. KEN JACKED UP THE TRAIL - DAVID DOWN - NOTHING EXCEPT A FROG. MOSTLY PIM, + SPRINKLING TONIGHT. KEN BROUGHT UP SOME RIPE BANANAS - GOOD! KIMI MADE A FINE RICE PUDDING TONIGHT. DAVID PUT OUT 53 TRAPS + ISOLLE + LIL LIL 18 MORE PIECE. SET SHOOTING FOR BETS - NO LUCK. 209 (171) SUN., 19 JULY 1952 165 BOTTOM CAMP. A BEAUTIFUL MORNING WITH BIG CUMULUS PASSING OVER. LIL LIL BROUGHT IN A NEW MOUSE (GENUS?) - SOMETHING LIKE THE MYSTERY MOUSE AT #3 CAMP. DAVID CAUGHT A GIANT RAT (PROBABLY VROMYS) IN A STEEL SET. TONIGHT AT 15:45 KEN + I MADE ANOTHER EFFORT TO OBTAIN THE BAT I HAVE SEEN IN THE WOODS A FEW YDS. FROM CAMP. THIS TIME IT WINGED ONE - IT TURNED OUT TO BE A HIPPOSIDEROS. JUST AT DARK! I SHOT A SMALL TROD-NOSED BAT OVER MY TENT. 2 NEW SPECIES FOR THE MOUNTAIN. WENT OUT HACKING FOR A FEW MINUTES AFTER DINNER FOR A "NATIVE CAT" PRAWLING, BUT DID NOT COLLECT (MISSED HIM AS HE DISAPPEARED AROUND A TREE). A FEW FEET FURTHER ON IT SHOWED THE EYES OF A SMALL RODENT IN LOW TREE. MY 3RD NEW SPECIES IN 3 HRS. MAY BE A MELAMYS BUT ONE I DON'T KNOW YET. DAVID LACKED TO WATER FALL. I SAW + HEARD NOTHING. 15 SPECIES IN ONE WEEK! HAVE BEEN ON MANEUV 2 MONTHS NOW, HAVE ONLY SCRATCHED SURFACE. 201 (172) MON., 20 JULY 1953 164 BOTTOM CAMP. HAD 2 MAMMALS IN MY TRAPLINE THIS A.M. MOST UNUSUAL AT THIS CAMP: A RYHTAS NEUOPUS (DAVID HAD 7) + 2ND SMALL MOUSE W. LONG FIBRE - AND LESS (STILL DON'T KNOW NAME). ANOTHER GIANT RAT ALSO TRAPPED. THE OLD COUNSELOR FROM BINIGUN, ARRIVED SOON AFTER NOON WITH THE MAIL D.A.G. LETTERS 15 + 19 FROM IT, 4 LETTERS FROM MOTHER, NOTE FROM RUS, ALSO FROM DR. TATE. ALL JUNE ISSUES OF TIME. WORK WAS FINISHED EARLY SAME COULD READ + WRITE. DRIZZLED MOST OF P.M. NEFACKING. POOR BAT FLIGHT. ALL WELL AT HOME EXCEPT UNCLE WILL WHO IS NOT TOO WELL, BUT NOTHING SERIOUS. LAST POSTMARK JULY 6. WROTE KAY, MOTHER, DR. TATE, RUS + B.W. ALSO SENT LAST ROLL OF MANEUV MIDDLE CAMP FILM. LENT (3) DEF REEL. SOME MENAP! COLOR FILM PROCESSED IN AUSTRALIA - POOR. STAILED UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT WRITING. A VERY HAPPY DAY. GEDF HAD WORD FROM MIRIAM THAT DR. TATE, WHO SUFFERED FROM LEUKEMIA, HAD BEEN TAKEN TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. MAY MEAN END OF HIS MUSEUM WORK.