86 ANZAC DAY DAVID SET 12 STEEL + 6 RAT TRAPS - ALL WATER SETS. RIVER W. OF MENAPI SAT. 25 APRIL 1953 MENAPI. ISILELE BROUGHT IN A LARGE BANDICOOT FROM HIS NEW GRASS LINE - THIS IS ONLY OUR 2ND. TAUGHT KEN HOW TO SKIN PETAUROS - WOULD MAKE A GOOD SKINNER WITH PRACTICE. HE HAS SHOT & SKINNED CROCS FOR A HIVING. HE MAY HAVE A CHANCE TO COLLECT AT BASE CAMP WHILE WE ARE AT TOP + MIDDLE CAMPS. WILL GIVE HIM A FEW SUPPLIES. WIND BLOW A GALE EARLY THIS A.M. + SURF WAS STARTING TO POUND. HOWEVER, WIND DIED + SWUNG INTO S.E. - FAIR ALL DAY. DRIED SPECIMENS IN P.M. + WRAPPED FLYING FOX SKINS. WILL PROBABLY HAVE 1 UNDERDOWN BOX + 1 EXP. BOX OF SPECIMENS TO SEND BACK TO SAMARAI. BOYS WERE TO HAVE PLAYED TOWN BOYS AT SOCCER THIS P.M. BUT THE LOCAL SAT. P.M. QUIET RULE PUT THE GAME OFF UNTIL TOMORROW. SO THEY HAD AN IMPROMPTU GAME AMONG THE COCONUT TREES. THEY REALLY HAVE FUN + OF COURSE THEY PLAY BARE-FOOTED. GEOFF WAS PLAYING GOALIE. SMALL BOYS WERE HELPING ME HOLD PAPER WHILE I WAS WRAPPING SPECIMENS. GAVE THEM A FEW LIFE-SAVERS + JUST AT THIS TIME THE YOUNG SET GATHERED ROUND + WANTED "HOLLIES" TOO. THEY ALL GET A KICK OUT OF MY REPEATING THE ANIMAL NAMES IN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE - GAPAPA PIAWA. PETER O'SULLIVAN WALKED IN FROM BANIARA TODAY. STAYED FOR LUNCH + DINNER + WILL SPEND NIGHT. HE + KEN ARE BENDING OUR EARS WITH PAPUAN STORIES + EXPERIENCES. BOYS WERE ISSUED NEW LAMP-LAVAS TODAY - RED + WHITE WITH MONKEYS IN TREES! ALL LINED UP WITH THEIR BADGE OF TRADE - FOXES SNAKES + FLOWERS. KEN HAD A BLK+WH. FILM TO TAKE EACH BOY'S PICTURE. WE ARE GOING TO SEND FILM TO "JUSTRY" TO DEVELOP + THEN RETURN. THEY WILL HAVE A LONG WAIT FOR OUR COLOUR PICTURES. NO HACKING. EARLY TO BED. NO BATS SHOT.