WED. 1 APRIL 1953 MENAPI. RAN MY NEW TRAP LINE - NOTHING. HOWEVER, THE 3 BOYS WITH A NEW LINE IN THE BIG SCRUB CAME THRU WITH 3 RATTUS + 5 MELOMYS (LARGE). SPENT 1 AM. MAKING SKINS; FINISHED ABOUT 3 P.M. GEOFF AND I WALKED UP BROOK LOOKING FOR SMALL FISH IN POOLS. PLENTY. G. FIRED .410 INTO SHALLOWS - NO GOOD. AN EXCELLENT SPOT FOR POISONING. WENT ON UP STREAM TO THE WILD FIG WHERE WE WATCHED THEM FEEDING LAST NIGHT, STRUNG NET UP + CLEARED UNDERGROWTH. NOTICED SOME FLIES BUZZING AND SURE ENOUGH THERE WAS A BAT THAT I SHOT LAST NIGHT. A REAL PRIZE! TOOK HIM HOME + MADE-UP BEFORE SUPPER. KIM + LOGIMA BROUGHT IN A CUSCUS THAT THEY SPOTTED WHILE OUT WALKING. THEN DAVID CAME IN FROM BAITING TRAPS WITH ANOTHER CUSCUS - ALIVE. WENT JACKING UP STREAM + ENDED UP AT NET. ONE MORE BAT! LEN + G. TO MISSED TO SAY GOODBYE TO MISS HINEAR. HOT SHOWER.