237 208 TUES. AUG. 25, 1953 128 PERIA RIVER. ONLY 2 RATTUS IN TRAPS. HOWEVER, I HAD 13 BATS THAT THE SMALL BOYS BROUGHT IN LAST NIGHT. I MADE UP 8 OF THESE. KEN ARRIVED BACK IN CAMP FROM HIS TRIP TO THE BAT CAVE AT TAPIO. BROUGHT 11 BATS WITH HIM - 2 SPECIES: SMALL DOBSONIA & THE BROWN & WHITE CHECKERED BAT (RHINO- LOPHUS?) THAT WE FOUND AT DABORA. SAW NO SMALL BATS. LARGE DOBSONIA WAS THERE TOO. A 2 HOUR RUGGED WALK FROM THE VILLAGE. GEOFF'S BOYS + MINE NETTED FISH IN THE RUNNING RIVER ON THE KWAGIRA TRAIL. TWO OF THEM WERE OF GOOD SIZE + KIM COOKED THEM FOR DINNER. KEN ALSO HAD A PIGEON + SCRUB HEN TO CONTRIBUTE + KIM HAD BAKED AN APRICOT PIE - WHAT A DINNER! JACKING TONIGHT FOR AN HOUR. SHOT A UROMYS 20 YDS. FROM CAMP - RIGHT IN THE HEAD, DAVID ALSO BROUGHT IN A UROMYS. KEN IS PLANNING TO MOVE OUR GEAR OUT OF CAMP ON SEPT. 7 TO BAIWAWA. 238 209 WED. AUG. 26 127 PERIA RIVER. RAIN SET IN AFTER BREAKFAST + LASTED UNTIL DINNER. 4 RATTUS FROM TRAPS. FINISHED UP SPECIMENS AFTER LUNCH + THEN WENT TO TENT TO READ, NAP + NATTER WITH KEN. BAITED TRAPS + SHOT A NEW BAT FOR THE CAMP - A MINIOPTERUS. NO JACKING - WOODS ARE DRIPPING WET. STARS ARE OUT + MOON IS COMING UP. 9;P.M. + I'M IN BED AGAIN. GEOFF IS LAST MAN UP. A WELCOME LAZY DAY 239 210 THURS. AUG. 27 126 PERIA RIVER. OUR BEST TRAP NIGHT AT THIS CAMP. 7 RATTUS OF 2 SPECIES. AND THIS P.M. MY SMALL BOYS BROUGHT ME 3 PETAVRUS FROM NEAR ORAIGWARI. WENT JACKING DOWN RIVER IN THE STREAM BED TONIGHT. ON WAY HOME I WAS PASSING A SHALLOW POOL + I HEARD A SPLASH: THERE WAS A HYDROMYS WADING, PROBABLY LOOKING FOR PRAWNS. THIS IS ONLY 2ND ONE FOR TRIP - AN ADULT MALE. SAW AT LEAST HALF DOZEN GIANT FROGS; THEY SIT UP ON BRANCHES ABOVE WATER - EYE SHINE VERY BRIGHT. ALSO FOUND A BAND-TAILED GECKO FOR GEOFF. A DRY DAY IN CAMP. EVERYONE OUT COLLECTING. LIK LIK PUT OUT NEW TRAP LINE. KEN WAS ON THE GO EVERY LITTLE WHILE SHOOTING PIGEONS. WE HAD 1 FOR LUNCH + A LARGE ONE FOR DINNER - BOYS ALSO HAD ONE. OMA CAME DOWN FROM AWANI WITH OKARI NUTS. WE SPILL FOR SAMARAI 2 WEEKS FROM TODAY.