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AND A BANDICOOT BUT NO LUCK. HOWEVER, HE DID FIND A SMALL BAT
CAUGHT IN A BUSH. I DO NOT KNOW THE GENUS BUT IT HAS GOLDEN HAIRS
DOWN THE ARMS & LEGS; FOR IS TRICOLORED LIKE A PIPISTRELLUS. NEW
FOR THE COLLECTION. READ + TALKED LATE WITH KEN.
228 (199) Sun. Aug. 16, 1953 1377
PERIA RIVER: A QUIET DAY IN CAMP — IT REALLY SEEMED LIKE SUNDAY:
MADE UP SPECIMENS. ISSUED MORE TRAPS TO BOYS: D. Ho L.L. 40,
T. Ho Kim's Losima 5; MYSELF 20. STILL HAVE A FEW MUSEUM SPECIALS
LEFT. FATHER ROGERS SENT A NOTE SAYING HE WOULD TAKE OUT ANY
MAIL WE HAD READY TOMORROW. WROTE ADVICE TO THANK HER FOR SHIP-
BOARD PICTURES (THE GARTH, BATH RD., CHIPPENHAM, WILTS., ENGLAND). EVERY-
ONE BUT COLLECTING TODAY. KEN SHOT 2 PIGTONS FOR DINNER TONIGHT.
COOKED IN PRESSURE COOKER — GOOD. SHOT 2 HIPPOSIDEROS OVER
RIVER JUNCTION. KEN, A SHEATH TAIL. HEARD ONLY FLYING FOXES WHILE
OUT HACKING. THIS IS A WONDERFUL SPOT FOR FROGS. DAVID SHOT AT
A PIG.
229 (200) Mon. Aug. 17 136
PERIA RIVER. ONLY 2 PATTUS & 1 MELOMYS IN TRAPS. BOTH HIPPO-
SIDEROS HAD LARGE SINGLE EMBRYOS. FATHER ROGERS AT OUR IN-
VITATION HAD LUNCH WITH US ON WAY BACK TO COAST. VERY PLEASANT
MEAL. HE LEFT A FEW LIMES + 4 EGGS WITH US THAT HAD BEEN GIVEN
TO HIM AT THE NATIVE MISSION STATION. MADE UP SKINS. QUITE A BIT
OF THUNDER IN P.M. BUT NO RAIN HERE. KEN IS COOKING UP A PLAN TO
COMBINE A CARRY TO BAIWA + A VISIT TO TABIO TO VISIT THE CAVES.
HE WILL SAMPLE THE BATS THERE + LOOK OVER THE SMALL BOAT EN-
CHARGE IN PREPARATION FOR OUR PLANNED TRIP THERE ON WAY BACK
TO SAMARAL. COOL BREEZE THIS P.M. BUT OVERTCAST. SHOT 2 MORE
HIPPOSIDEROS AT DUSK. JUMPED A BANDICOOT WHILE HACKING BUT IT
GOT AWAY FROM ME IN UNDERBRUSH. I, SILELE + I WERE FOLLOWING
THE OLD GOVERNMENT TRACK WHICH COMES INTO THE RIVER JUNCTION
JUST AT OUR CAMP SITE IN THE FORK.
230 (201) Tues. Aug. 18 125
PERIA RIVER. OUR FIRST WATER RAT OF THE TRIP SNIFED AT THE
BAIT ON 1 OF MY TRAPS, WAS CLUNKED ON THE HEAD + ROLLED OVER &
EXPIRED BY THE SIDE OF THE TRAP. ABOUT 30 YDS. FROM WATER, IANID
HAD A SMALL BANDICOOT — OUR FIRST FOR THIS CAMP. GEOFF'S BOYS