BROUGHT IN ABOUT 200 FROGS LAST NIGHT + HE HAS BEEN LABELING ALL MORNING. LOSOMA WAS WASHING CLOTHES IN A RIVER POOL NEAR CAMP WHEN A CASSOWARY WALKED ACROSS THE STREAM BED A FEW YARDS AWAY. HE WAS SO EXCITED + AMAZED AT THE SIGHT THAT HE COULD ONLY WAVE HIS ARMS UP + DOWN. KEN RUSHED AROUND TRYING TO FIND HIS GUN + AMMO - TOO LATE, FORTUNATELY. LEN SAYS G. LIVER IS EXCELLENT. WRAPPED STUDY SKINS IN P.M., ANOTHER BOX FULL FOR KEN TO TAKE TO BALAWA TOMORROW. THE GOVERNMENT PATROL OFFICER, PETER O'SULLIVAN, HIS NATIVE POLICE + CARRIERS CAME DOWN THE TRACK FROM BANIGUNI AT NOON. HE STAYED FOR LUNCH AND FOR A LONG TALK, LEFT ABOUT MIDDLE OF P.M. FOR KWAGIRA. HE HAD CARried IN A BATTLE OF RUM FOR L.T.G., + A BATTLE OF GINGER BEER FOR ME. HAD A SLIGHT STOMACH UPSET + I WENT TO BED EARLY. DIDOQUIN FIXED ME UP QUICKLY. WE HAD FRIED EGGS FOR BREAKFAST. OPAIGWARI TSOYS BROUGHT IN 2 MORE PAGONOMY'S. 231 (207) WED, AUG. 19, 1953 134 PERIA RIVER. NEW RATTS IN TRAPS. MAKES 12 SPECIES FOR THIS CAMP. MADE UP PAGONOMY'S. CARRIERS ARRIVED AT 9 P.M. WAITED OUT A HEAVY SHOWER + WERE OFF AT 9:45 T FOR MOITIRI LANDING. PETER + KEN PLANNED TO CAMP OVER TOGETHER. 7 STRIPED POSSUMS WERE BROUGHT IN TODAY - PAID 2 BOXES MATCHES, 1 RAZOR BLADE + 3 SHEETS OF NEWS- PAPER STICKER. LATER SOME BOYS BROUGHT IN 6 PAGONOMY'S IN A BIG GOULD. TOOK NIMO HACKING WITH ME TONIGHT. FLYING FOXES UP RIVER BUT DID NOT GET ANY. SAW A SMALL RAT SWIMMING IN POOL. WENT UP BANK + AMONG TREE ROOTS. MAY BE SOMETHING VERY GOOD. WILL TRAP FOR IT TOMORROW. A LITTLE FURTHER ON WE SAW WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A WALLABY CROSSING THE RIVER BED. TURNED OUT TO BE A GIANT BANDICOOT - 31 INCHES LONG, IT WEIGHTED 10% POUNDS! WE COULD HARDLY BELIEVE OUR EYES. FEELING FINE TODAY. NATIVE BROUGHT EEL IN FRONT OF CAMP & ROASTED IT IN COALS OF HIS FIRE. 232 (203) THURS, AUG. 20 133 PERIA RIVER. ONLY A RATTS IN TRAPS. HEAVY RAIN FROM MIDNIGHT TO 31 SPRING TRAPS OR SPOILED BAIT FOR SOMETHING. HAD THE BOYS SKIN OUT THE BANDICOOT FLAT. DID A GOOD JOB. AWANI PEOPLE CAME DOWN WITH VEGETABLES WHICH GEOFF DROUGHT WITH SALT + PAPER. THEY ALSO BROUGHT A 13' 10" PYTHON WHICH HIS BOYS SKINNED. ONE MAN BROUGHT ME A STRIPED POSSUM - HAVE A GOOD SERIES NOW. GAVE THE BANDICOOT BODY TO THE AWANI WOMEN WHO WASHED IT IN THE RIVER + COOKED IT AT EVERY BOYS' FIRE.