54 TUES. 24 MAR. 1953 TODAY HAS BEEN RATHER EVENTFUL! UP AT 6 A.M. TO RUN LINE OF TRAPS - NOTHING. NOT ONE ANIMAL TAKEN IN 100 RAT TRAPS. SENT BOYS OUT TO LOOK FOR SMALL BATS IN BANANAS. SPENT MORNING STRINGING MORE TRAPS FOR A NEW LINE. DAVID & 2 BOYS CAME IN WITH 7 TINY BATS - SAVED THE DAY! 5 IN FORMALIN - MADE 2 UP. I DO NOT KNOW GENUS - SEPARATED EARS, SIMPLE FACE, COLOR VARIES FROM BROWN TO RED BROWN. FOUND THEM IN HOLES IN COCONUT, BREAD- FRUIT, + FRUIT TREES. A S.E. WIND BLOWING IN A.M., VERY COMFORTABLE WHILE I WROTE TO TAY (#2), UNCLE WILL, + THANK YOU TO AILSA + DUSTY MILLER. THERE WAS A CHANCE OF A BOAT TODAY, BUT DIDN'T SHOW UP. KEN OUT WITH GEOFF THIS A.M., DAVID WAS NEARLY SHOT A GORNA - YELLOW SPOTS. OUT AT 4:30 TO SET TRAP LINE (25) UP GALLERY FOREST CREEK N. OF REST HOUSE. BACK BY WAY OF FOOTBALL FIELD - FUN TO SEE 1/2 NAKED BOYS BOOTING A SOCCER BALL AROUND. STOPPED AT BILL MASON'S STORE FOR A BOTTLE OF COLD GINGER BEER, GOOD! TRIED THE LEMON POWDER TODAY. WITH SUGAR VERY GOOD - CITRUS FLAVOR IS WELCOME IN THIS CLIMATE 80° AT 8:00 A.M. PAW PAW FOR BREAKFAST. TONY SHEWES, PATROL OFFICER, HERE FOR DINNER + THE NIGHT. LEN GETTING INFO ABOUT MT. MANERO. OUT JAKING IN GALLERY FOREST. OUR FIRST CUSCUS - A BROWN DORSAL STRIPE. HUNG UP IN PANDANUS. DAVID SHINNED UP NEARBY TREE + FINALLY GRABBED IT BY TAIL. CLIMBS TREE LIKE A TREE-CLIMBING KANGAROO! ALSO ANOTHER FLY- ING SQUIRREL IN COCONUT. A BOY BROUGHT IN 2 YOUNG DOBSONIA (FOUND IN COCONUT), 2 STICKS TRADE TOBACCO + SHEET OF NEWS PAPER. DAVID ALSO SHOT ADI DOBSONIA - HUNG UP UNDER PALM LEAF.