KEN JUST BEAR THE RAIN INTO CAMP. OUR HUNTER WAS OUT THE DAY BUT THE RAIN BROUGHT HIM. THIRTY DOG BACK EARLY - FIRST TIME WITHOUT RESULTS. KEN HAS DECIDED TO HEAVE TOMORROW. WE TOOK STOCK OF FOOD MADE UP LIST OF SUPPLIES TO COME FROM BOLU BOW TO 2ND CAMP. LEN & TYRANNE DECIDED TO CUT THIS CAMP A FEW DAYS SHORT. CARRIERS WILL MOVE US DOWN THE MOUNTAIN ON THE 4TH. LEAVE 2ND CAMP ON NOV. 9TH FOR 2 OR 3 DAYS AT WAKONAI AT FOOT OF MOUNTAINS, & THEN RETURN TO BOLU BOW TO PACK. WE HOPED A CHARTER BOAT WILL PICK US UP ON NOV. 14 OR 15 TO TAKE US TO NORMANDY ISLAND FOR OUR LAST MONTH OF COLLECTING. RAINING. SO KEN & I TURNED IN EARLY AND TALKED. NO JACKING. 289 (260) FRIDAY, OCT. 16, 1953 TOP CAMP. CAUGHT MY FIRST MAMMAL - A RATTUS (♂), OUR 4TH FOR THE CAMP. ALSO ADDED A "THRUSH" + HONEY EATER TO THE COLLECTION. KEN WAS OFF EARLY. HE IS GOING TO WAKONAI BY WAY OF GARUWATA. PUT OUT A NEW TRAP LINE. RAINING AGAIN. WROTE K. + DR. ANTHONY. WE HAVE HAD NO MAIL SINCE LEAVING SAMARAI ALMOST A MONTH AGO. HUNTER + DOG SPENT TODAY; HOPES TO HAVE A FRESH DOG BROUGHT UP TO CAMP. OUT FOR A SHORT WALK AFTER DINNER. NOTHING STIRRING. TO BED EARLY + READ LATE (10:7 P.M.)! 290 (261) SAT., OCT. 17 TOP CAMP (GOODENOUGH IS.). A QUIET A.M. NO MAMMALS. TOOK THE BOYS OUT HUNTING BIRDS BUT NO LUCK. SAW A NUMBER BUT I AM BEING SELECTIVE IN MY COLLECTING. SOME GARUWATA BOYS ARRIVED ABOUT NOON. THEY HAD A YOUNG MOUNTAIN CUSCUS + A POGONOMYS. ALSO A COLLECTION OF SKULLS + LOWER MANDIBLES - ALL MOUNTAIN MATERIALS. BOUGHT THEM FOR SALT, TOBACCO + NEWSPAPER. FIRST EVIDENCE OF URAMYS ON THE ISLAND - A LOWER JAW. HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO SORT THEM OUT. ALL OF THESE BOYS HAVE GREEN STICKS THRU THE SEPTUM OF THE NOSE. THEY ARE A FRIENDLY + RESPECTFUL PEOPLE. HUNTING IS A VERY NECESSARY PART OF THEIR LIVES. KIM WAS OUT HUNTING FOR TREE HOLES THIS P.M.; HAS ONE LOCATED WHICH MAY PRODUCE MAMMALS. A GOOD JACKING NIGHT. SHOT MY FIRST CUSCUS + ALSO HAD SHOTS AT WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE NYCTEME + MACROGLOSSUS. ALSO COLLECTED A FEW FROGS - 2 OF THESE WERE SITTING IN THE WATER IN THE CUT STEMS OF BAMBOO. IT TOOK US A WHILE TO LOCATE THEM. DINNER: TOMATO SOUP, FISH RISSOLES, PUMPKIN, YAM, STEWED APRICOTS. RAIN HAS BROUGHT OUT 2 FT. EARTHWORMS. OUR HUNTER BROUGHT IN ANOTHER CUSCUS - DARKER THAN FIRST.