Palm Sunday Sun. 29 Mar. 1953 A QUIET SUNDAY - A HOT HEAVY DAY WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN + AN OCCASIONAL BREEZE. I EILELE SKINNED A MELOMYS + LIT LIKE A FRUIT BAT. THEY DID FAIRLY WELL BUT WILL NEVER BE AS GOOD AS DAVID, WHO ACTED AS THEIR INSTRUCTOR. ALSO HAD A SMALL BANDICOOT WHICH I MADE UP. WROTE TO DR. ANTHONY - DETAILS OF FIRST WEEK IN CAMP. MISSION BOAT WITH BISHOP WAS DUE IN MENRAPI TODAY BUT FAILED TO ARRIVE. HOPE TO SEND MAIL TO SAMARAI ON HER. TODAY ALL THE VILLAGE GIRLS HAD THEIR BEST DYED GRASS SKIRTS ON, WHILE OUR SKINNING LESSON WAS IN PROGRESS THEY ALL CROWDED AROUND FOR A CLOSE LOOK. IT WAS RATHER DISCONCERTING SINCE THEY WEAR NOT- HING ABOVE THE SHIRT! SOME HAVE GOOD FIGURES + MANY HAVE FAINT FACIAL TATTOOS. TONIGHT DAVID + I HAD NICKED AROUND REST HOUSE - 2 FLYING FOXES - DOBSONIA + PTEROPUS. ONE HUNG UP IN COCO NUT TREE OF SMALL VILLAGE BOYS CLIMBED TREE WITHOUT ANY FOOT STRAP - WENT UP VERY FAST. GAVE HIM A CRACKED FOR HIS TROUBLE. LEN IS BETTER TODAY BUT DID NOT GO OUT. BOYS ARE COLLECTING FOR HIM. CAUGHT A GECKO HERE IN REST HOUSE. DINNER TONIGHT: RICE, CURRIED MEAT, CHUTNEY, BOILED POTATOES, CANNED PEACHES WITH RUM + MILK SAUCE, GLASS OF LEMONADE, GEOFF'S INSECT TRAP IS ON EVERY NIGHT BUT NOT MUCH IS FLYING TONIGHT. I'M FALLING ASLEEP IN MY CHAIR + IT IS ONLY 10 P.M. GENTLE RAIN AGAIN.