SAT. 18 APRIL 1953 MENAPI. WORKED ON SPECIMENS IN A.M. KEN + TIMMY PUT IN SCREW CAULTS ON MY MOUNTAIN BOOTS. IN P.M. WORKED ON PRESERVED BATS - TAGGING WITH METAL NUMBERS. HIGH WIND ALL DAY KICKING UP SEA WHICH BREAKS ON CORAL REEFS. "BETTY ANN" - BUNTING'S BOAT CAME IN AT DUSK WITH LOCAL MAIL FROM SAMARAI + OUR SUPPLIES FOR NEXT FEW MONTHS. NO BATS TONIGHT. DAVID + LIK-LIK WENT HICKING EARLY + BROUGHT HOME 2 SMALL GUSCUSES. ONE HAD TINY POUCH YOUNG. COULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN POUCH MORE THAN FEW HOURS - STILL UNATTACHED. HUNG THEM IN SHED WITH DOOR CLOSED. DOG GOT IN + JUMPED UP + DRAGGED ONE DOWN + AWAY. COULD FIND NO TRACE OF BODY. DOGS ARE BRINGING SCAVENGERS HERE IN PAPUA. SMALL, PRICK-EARED, SHORT- HAired. RUMORS OF WILD DOGS IN MOUNTAINS. WROTE DR. TATE REPORTING ON FIRST MONTH'S WORK. HAD 400 SPECIMENS THIS A.M. GEOFF OPENED UP AN ARMY RATION BOX + WE HAD BAITED BEANS WITH HOT DOGS FOR DINNER - GOOD! HE ALSO TURNED OVER SEVERAL FRESH-WATER PRAWNS THAT HIS BOYS COLL- ECTED TO US FOR AN APETIZER. GAVE ME SOME RATION CANS CONTAINING CANDY + JAM. I WISH I COULD WEIGH MYSELF - HAVE CERTAINLY GONE UNDER 190! HOOGLAND OUT BOTANIZING WITH LEN TODAY. 11 P.M. + LAST IN BED AS USUAL. BOYS ARE SINGING IN THEIR REST HOUSE. BREEZE KEEPS US COMFORTABLE. VERY FEW MOSQUITO PESTS.