TONIGHT. SHOT A CUSCUS WITH 2 POUCH YOUNG; ALSO A NYCTIMENE. ISILELE & I WERE OUT TOGETHER; SHOT FLYING SQUIRREL BUT WE LOST IT IN TALL GRASS - SQUIRREL IN TREE ABOUT 50 YDS. FROM SCRUB. FOUND A NYCTIMENE HANGING IN SMALL TREE; ONLY 1 EYE SHOWING - PALE YELLOWISH- WHITE - RESEMBLED SPIDER EYE BUT NOT AS BRIGHT. WIND BLOWING HARD. 271 (242) MON. SEPT. 28, 1953 94 BOLU BOLU. MY TRAPS HAD NOTHING BUT CRABS IN THEM. ONLY 1 RATTUS IN OTHER KINDS. BLUE SKY IN PATCHES; WIND GUSTY + STRONG. LENT IS PLANT HUNTING IN BIG SCRUB TO N.W. OF US IN THE FOOT HILLS. PEAKS CLEAR EARLY BUT HIDDEN IN CUMULUS NOW (11 A.M.). NOW THAT GEOFF HAS LEFT IT IS MY JOB TO ISSUE. BOYS' KAI. DAILY: 1 LB. RICE; 1/2 LB. DRIED PEAS OR WHEAT MEAL FLOUR; 1/3 CAN CORNED BEEF; VEGETABLES WHEN WE CAN BUY THEM. WEEKLY: 3 STICKS TOBACCO; PAPER; MATCHES; 4 OZ. SALT; 1 OZ. TEA; 1/2 LB. SUGAR; 1 LB. BEEF DRIPPING; 2 OZ. SOAP. JACKING WAS PARTICULARLY FRUSTRATING TONIGHT. I SAW 2 PETAURUS, A FLYING FOX & A NYCTIMENE BUT DID NOT GET A SHOT. LIK LIK SHOT TWICE AT A CUSCUS & ONCE AT A BAT BUT MISSED. VERY HIGH WIND COMING IN GUSTS MADE HUNTING DIFFICULT. STILL HUNTING OUT OF QUESTION. SMALL BAT FLEW OVER SHED AT BATH TIME; HAD DISAPPEARED BY TIME I PICKED UP MY GUN. THIS IS FIRST SMALL BAT I HAVE SEEN AT DUSK. 272 (243) TUES. SEPT. 29 93 BOLU BOLU. BLANK FOR ALL TRAP LINES. BEAUTIFUL DAY. TOOK SEVERAL PICTURES OF THE PEAKS AT 6:30 A.M. '25 AT 6.3! MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS ARE DECEPTIVE HERE; CERTAINLY DO NOT LOOK 7-8000 FEET. WHITE CAPS ON THE SEA. KEN WYNN & BOB GREANLEY ARRIVED BACK IN CAMP ABOUT 9:30 A.M. KEN BROUGHT BACK A SMALL WALLABY - BLACK WITH WHITE HAIR BASES; SHORT TAIL, CAUGHT BY DOGS. SKIN + SKULL IN GOOD CONDITION. LOOKS LIKE AN EXCITING ADDITION TO ISLAND'S FAUNA. KEN HAD A ROUGH TRIP - RAIN, WIND + THICK SCRUB ABOVE 5000 FT. DID NOT ATTEMPT TO CLIMB ANY OF THE PEAKS. BOB HAD A LONG SCRAMBLE FROM WEST SIDE OF ISLAND OVER THE CENTRAL RIDGES TO JOIN KEN'S TRACK DOWN TO EAST COAST. BOTH FOOT SORE & GLAD TO BE BACK AT BASE CAMP. CARETAKER'S WIFE BROUGHT IN SMALL BAT CAUGHT IN HER HOUSE. MORE TRAPS OUT TODAY - NOW ABOUT 100. RAT TRAPS OUT + A FEW MUSEUM SPECIALS - PRACTICALLY ALL IN SCRUB. 3 PARTIES OUT JACKING: KEN + TOMMY, 1 JOBSONIA; 1 NYCTIMENE; LIK LIK + BOBBY, 1 NYCTIMENE; ISILELE + I, 1 JOBSONIA. I MISSED A NYCTIMENE IN FLIGHT. WE NOW HAVE 11 SPECIES FOR THE ISLAND. NO SIGN OF HYBROMYS, UROMYS OR BANDICOOT.