DEAR - PLEASE SPELL IT NEW GUINEA (NOT RE) 93 SAT. 2 MAY '53 MENAPA. SLEPT LATE THIS A.M. - 7:1! No TRAPS TO RUN. LEN SPENT NIGHT AT BANIARA. DRIED + PACKED SPECIMENS MOST OF DAY. LEN BROUGHT BACK 4 GAL. CAN FOR ALL OF MY WET SPECIMENS. THESE ARE FIRST WRAPPED + TIED UP IN GAUZE, THEN PUT IN PLASTIC BAG + SEVERAL OF THESE PUT IN LARGE BAG. P.O. AT BANIARA, PETER O'SULLIVAN, SENT ME 2 FLYING FOXES FROM THE ISLAND (ONCE CALLED MESQUITO ISLAND). CANOE BACK + FORTH TO MAINLAND. ALL BATS + MARSUPIAL POUCH YOUNG PLUS FLYING FISH + 2 BIRDS FIT- TED INTO CAN. KEN WILL SOLDER IT UP TOMORROW. CUSCUS I COLLECTED APR 3D WAS VERY FATTY SO SCRAPPED CLEAN + PUT MORE ALUM + APS ON. WILL HAVE TO CHECK ALL OTHER CUSCUS SKINS. 2 SMALL BOYS SHOWED UP AT DUSK WITH 2 SMALL BATS - GAVE EACH 2 CRACKERS. BATS FOUND IN VILLAGE HOUSE. SHOT 1 BAT (SAME SPECIES). OUT JACKETING IN COCONUT GROVE NEAR REST HOUSE TONIGHT. COLL. 1 FLYING SQUIRREL. LOSIMA WAS WITH ME + POUNCED ON THE GLIDER LIKE A HAWK. HE IS A FINE BOY + HE WANTS TO GO HUNTING FOR CUSCUS WITH ME. HE IS ALWAYS THE FIRST UP (5:15) TO MAKE KITCHEN FIRE. KEN LOADED GEOFF'S CAMERA WITH BL. + WH. FILM. TOOK PICTURES OF HIS FRIEND THE NATIVE MEDICAL ASST., HIS WIFE + A FEW OF THE PAPUAN GIRLS. I PICKED OUT ARMY RATIONS FOR DINNER. WE HAD OYSTER STEW, VEGETABLE SOUP, BAKED BEANS + FRANKFURTERS, BEEF STEW, SQUASH + POTATO + A HUGE BOWL OF DICED FRESH FRUIT, + BREAD + JAM. SOME MAIL TODAY. #7 FROM KAY IN BERMUDA + ONE WRITTEN APR. 5. ALSO A GOOD NEWS LETTER FROM MOTHER (APR.13). LOSIMA JUST CAME RUNNING IN WITH NEW TREE FROG + BILLY WITH A MOUSE!