99 Fri. 8 May 1953 Baiawal. Fine sleep. Did not get up until almost 7: No traps. Nothing to skin. Working trap swag out. Strung up, adjusted & divided up traps for tonight. Will put out 90, 1/3 in rain forest & 2/3s in grass. Maneau clouded up (II). Saw birds from the north. My boys out scouting this a.m. Len sorting out his plants. Jimmy now working for Geoff. Geoff but collecting. I am the man of leisure this a.m. for a change. Fire for cooking smoldered thru dirt base & charred up kitchen floor. Kim has rebuilt hearth. Put my traps out about mid-afternoon. Back at 4 p.m., just as it started to shower. Out at 5:10 but another shower soon drove me home. Word came in by runner from Biniguni that Ken had arrived with carriers safely - all loads o.k. Had trouble persuading men to go on from Kwagira. However, all ended well. Carriers are now supposed to return & start out with us at daybreak Tuesday, 8:1 p.m. training again - guess there will be no waking tonight. I joined Len & Geoff at 7 p.m. before dinner tonight - but it took my few drops in a tablespoon full of sugar. They don't approve of my drinking habits! Asparagus soup with croutons, curried beef on rice, squash & white potatoes, chutney & desert plums. Geoff shot a 4 ft. brown snake with black head - in rain forest this p.m. Quite proud of it. Len got another good collection of grassland plants. Several hornbills flew over. Many small birdsight on top fronds on coconut trees. Saw high tight flocks of parrots (?) moving inland (see) at dusk. Saw same species come over in a.m. one day. Many moths coming to light trap to- night. Native came to boys house this a.m. with betel nuts to trade. They are all singing tonight.