STUDY SKINS OVER TO REST HOUSE. FINISHED PACKING SKULL BOX #28. BOTH LIGHT, SO THEY WERE LASHED TOGETHER TO MAKE A DOUBLE LOAD. COUNSELOR + OTHER MEN CAME OVER TO TALK TO KEN. THEY HAVE AGREED TO MAKE THE CARRY TO MOIBIRI BAY TOMORROW. MY BOYS CAME BACK TO CAMP & I GAVE THEM EACH 10 STEELS + 15 IRATS. DAVID WALKED OVER TO MALU RIVER WITH THEM TO SHOW SPOTS FOR WATER RAT TRAPPING. A LONG WALK BUT A COUPLE OF NIGHTS TRAPPING SHOULD TURN UP SOMETHING OF INTEREST. ALSO SENT OVER 10 MUSEUM SPECIALS FOR KEN TO USE IN REST HOUSE. MY GANG BROUGHT IN 11 MORE POGOONOMYS THIS AFTERNOON - COST, 8 BOXES OF MATCHES + SOME NEWSPAPER. ANOTHER NATIVE BROUGHT GEOFF A LARGE PYTHON. OUT HUNTING TONIGHT FOR AN HOUR. SHOT AT TWO SMALL RATS IN TRAIL. HEARD FLYING FOXES. HEAVY SHOWER IN LATE P.M. HAD A GOOD BATH IN RIVER - WITH SMALL BOYS LOOKING ON WITH GREAT INTEREST. 223 (194) TUES. AUG. 11, 1953 142 RIVER CAMP. MY BOYS WERE OFF AT 7:30 TO RUN THEIR TRAPS ON THE MALU RIVER. DID NOT GET BACK TO CAMP UNTIL 10:30. NOTHING IMPORTANT - 2 SPECIES OF RATTUS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN HERE NEAR CAMP. WHILE WE WERE AT LUNCH A NATIVE FROM BUDUMABA CAME IN WITH 4 HIPPOSIDEROS WHICH I BOUGHT WITH PAPER + MATCHES. THEY ARE SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE ONES FROM MANEFOR - I HAVE LONGER TAIL BUT MOST MEASUREMENTS ARE THE SAME. A NARROW, LIGHT-COLORED EYE RING WAS CONSPICUOUS. I ALSO RECEIVED 2 POGONOMYS THAT THE VILLAGE BOYS FOUND IN A TREE NEAR CAMP. 4 MORE OF THE SAME ARRIVES LATE IN P.M. 11 CARRIERS CAME IN EARLY TO TAKE EXCESS FOOD DOWN TO THE NEXT VILLAGE ON THE TRACK TO THE COAST. KEN'S CARRIERS HAD A DRY DAY FOR THE TRIP TO THE COAST. GEAR SHOULD BE IN REST HOUSE IN BRAWARA BY NOW (8: P.M.). THERE IS ONLY 1 TIDE PER DAY ON THIS COAST - IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HIGH AROUND 5: P.M. CHANCES CAN ONLY COME UP THE CREEK AT HIGH WATER TO THE LANING. MADE UP 11 SKINS TODAY + FINISHED JUST AT DUSK. HAD A REFRESHING BATH IN THE RIVER, WHICH GAVE ME A GOOD APPETITE FOR PIGEON SOUP, FLAKED CRAB MEAT (BOUGHT FROM NATIVE WHO CAME UP FROM COAST - WE BOILED THE CRABS - GEOFF WAS GOING TO PICKLE 7 AS SPECIMENS BUT REJECTED). PIGEON STEW. 9 P.M., SQUASH, SWEET POTATO TO A STEWED APRICOT. A DELEGATION OF MAISIN TRIBE MEN + WOMEN ARRIVED IN BINIGUNI TODAY FROM THE CAPE NELSON AREA. WOMEN WEAR CLOTH SKIRTS INSTEAD OF GRASS SKIRTS - MANY HAVE CROPPED HAIR OR SHAVED HEADS. THEY MAKE TAPA CLOTH FOR TRADE. DANCE TONIGHT.