KEN HAD SENT UP 22 CARRIERS FROM BELI BELI SO I DISTRIBUTED LOADS TO THEM + SENT THEM OFF TO OUR BASE AT BOLU BOLU. UNFORTUNATELY I ALSO GAVE THEM MY AMMO BOX WHICH LEFT ME COMPLETELY WITHOUT SHELLS SINCE I HAD CLEARED OUT MY COLLECTING BOX. AT DUSK I FOUND SMALL BATS FLYING OVER THE RIVER. I WILL SEND A RUNNER DOWN TO BOLU BOLU TOMORROW TO BRING BACK SOME SHELLS. BOUGHT A FEW LOWER MANDIBLES + STONE AXES. LOVELY COOL NIGHT. 305 (276) SUN. NOV. 1, 1953 60 WAKONAI. THIS IS OUR LAST DAY IN THE FIELD. RUNNER OFF EARLY FOR BOLU BOLU. TOOK MY CAMERA UP TO THE VILLAGE. I WANTED PICTURES OF THE STONE PLATFORMS + THE MONOLITHS WHICH LIE ON THE PERIMETER. TOOK PICTURES ALSO OF VARIOUS TYPES OF NATIVE HOUSES. PADDY, THE VILLAGE POLICEMAN, STRUNG OUT A WOVEN PIG NET - THEY CATCH WALLABIES TOO - SO THAT I COULD GET PICTURES. LEN COLLECTED ALONG THE RIVER. THE DAY TURNED HOT SO I HELPED LEN WITH HIS PLANTS DURING THE AFTERNOON. DURING BAT SHOOTING TIME I HAD MOST OF OUR BOYS SCATTERED OVER THE STREAM BED READY TO HAUL IN ANY BATS THAT I SHOT. MY EYE WAS IN AND LOSIMA RECOVERED 2 FROM THE WATER. BOTH DIFFERENT: ONE, NEW FOR GOODENOUGH, LOOKS LIKE A TINY MINIPTERUS; THE OTHER IS SCOTEINUS. MY "LAST NIGHT" LUCK HELD AS USUAL! AFTER DINNER LIN LIN + I WENT JACKING DOWN ON THE GRASS PLAIN OUT TO THE VIVIGANI AIR STRIP. DID NOT HEAR OR SEE A SINGLE WALLABY. HOME TO FIND AFUFLA CARRIERS HAD ARRIVED AT BOY HOUSE. COUNCILLOR HAD A BEAUTIFULLY CARVED HANDLE FOR A STONE AXE (FIGURE OF A MAN). ALSO HAD A FEW MORE MANDIBLES. I INJECTED MY BATS WITH RUM. 306 (277) MON. NOV. 2 59 WAKONAI TO BOLU BOW. UP AT DAWN TO COMPLETE OUR LOADS. PLENTY OF CARRIERS. WE WERE OFF AT 6: HOPING TO BEAT THE HEAT OF THE DAY. LEN COLLECTED ALONG THE TRAIL. AT 7: THE SUN WAS HIGH ENOUGH TO BENT DOWN ON US IN THE GRASS. ARRIVED AT BOLU BOLU AT 8:30 TO FIND THAT THE "JESSIE" (ONE OF BYMINTS'S BOATS) HAD ARRIVED. KEN HAD ALL OUR GEAR ON THE BEACH, AND LOADING WAS UNDER WAY, HAD A FEED OF JUICY PINEAPPLE TO REVIVE ME. AT WAKONAI WE GRAT OUT 2 DRUMS OF RICE, THE REST OF OUR SALT + ONE OF THE NYLON FLYS. ALL THE SMALL VILLAGES HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO US. WE SAILED