WED. 25 MAR. 1953 MENAPI. ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY. DAVID + I SKINNED MOST OF DAY. SHOWED D. ON 1/2 OF RAT, THEN HE DID OTHER 1/2. THEN GAVE HIM FLYING SQUIRREL TO DO. VERY APT + INTERESTED. LIT-LIT + [illegible] WERE OUT ALL A.M. BUT FOUND NOTHING. IN P.M., I. TURNED UP A CROP OF 16 SMALL BATS - SAME SPECIES AS YESTERDAY - YOUNG + 1/2 GROWN. ALL DEAD EXCEPT 3 WHICH I WILL MAKE UP TOMORROW. KEN + DAVID WENT OUT SHOOTING TONIGHT - ONE DOBSONIA. I ALSO WENT OUT FOR A FEW MINUTES + SHOT A DOBSONIA. THEY HANG UP UNDER COCO- NUT FRONDS. THE YELLOW MANTLED FOXES ARE USUALLY IN AMONG NUTS. HAD MY CUSECUS SKIN LYING OUT POISONED AND DOG ALMOST RAN AWAY WITH IT. A BEAUTIFUL DAY WITH VARIABLE WINDS. THOUGHT I WAS UNDER COVER BUT GOT A BURN ON TOP OF HEAD. HOT BATH BEFORE DINNER WAS A TREAT (YOU LADLE THE WATER OVER YOU). 82°F AT 9 P.M. NOT A BREATH OF AIR. KEN SLEEPING OUT SIDE IN HAMMOCK STRETCHED BETWEEN 2 COCONUTS. FEW MOSQUITOES. TAKING ARALLEN FAITH- FULLY. MELON + LEMON FAM BROKEN OUT TODAY. MY FAVORITE. LEMON POWDER DRINK GOOD WITH BANANA. COOKING IS DONE ON TOP OF OIL DRUM WHICH STICKS UP THRU KITCHEN FLOOR. NO DANGER OF FIRE - SO THEY SAY. BILL MASON CAME IN FOR A VISIT TONIGHT. "GAVILON" MAY BE IN TOMORROW TO TAKE MAIL TO SAMARAI. CAUGHT FIRST RAT (GALLERY RAIN FOREST) - SPINY-HAIRED.