SAT. 4 APRIL 1953 MENAPI. MADE UP 2 "FOXES" WHILE DAVID + THE 2 BOYS WENT OUT HUNTING. DAVID CAME BACK WITH A NEW KIND OF CUSCUS - SMALL + BROWN WITH WHITE UNDER- PTS, EXTENDING ONLY TO POUCH - I POUCH YOUNG. A SMALL BOY, SEBASTIAN, BROUGHT IN ANOTHER F - SAME SPECIES DAVID SHOT HIS CUSCUS IN A TREE - ASLEEP. I BROAD-NOSED BAT BROUGHT IN BY MAN - GAVE HIM 1 STICK OF TOBACCO ISILELE FOUND 2 SMALL MICE IN FOREST - MAY BE YOUNG OF MELOMYS. WE ALL SKINNED THIS P.M., ISILELE STILL (CO'SULLIVAN) PULLING LEGS OFF MICE. TONY SKEWES + ANOTHER PATROL OFFICER CAME IN FROM BANIARA, HAD A DRINK WHILE I WAS SHOOTING BATS. IN GOOD FORM TONIGHT. SHOT 5 MINIOPTERUS ON THE WING - ONE HAS A BRIGHT CHIN MARKING OF FOX BROWN. MAY ONLY BE COLOR PHASE OF UNIFORMLY COLORED ONE. TOOK A PICTURE OF DAVID CLIMBING COCONUT FOR THE 7 FOX THAT WOULD NOT FALL DOWN TODAY. HE IS A GOOD CLIMB- ER. TOOK MY FIRST PICTURE OF GRASS SHIRTS. SEVERAL SNAKES CAME IN FROM SMALL BOYS + MEN TODAY: TREE; PYTHON; BLACK; + A LOVELY BROWN WITH VERY DISTINCT SCALATION. NATIVES BRING THEM IN WITH A STICK SPLIT AT ONE END TO PIN NECK. ONE OF OUR NATIVE NEIGHBORS BROUGHT ME A PINEAPPLE - GAVE HIM SOME NESCAFE. GAVE THE BOY WHO BROUGHT THE CUSCUS A LARGE CRACKER + A ROLL OF LIFE SAVERS (LOLLIES). TOOK PICTURE OF GEOFF, TREE SNAKE + SMALL FRY. A COMFORTABLE DAY WITH TRADES, MOON IS UP + A FEW FOXES ARE ABOUT. BOYS ARE ALL SINGING.