Thursday 9 July 1953 (cont). Middle Camp trap. Sunny morning but rain the P.M. Stars tonight. Geoff visited river again today. Finished the apple pie for dinner. Kim fixed boiled onions with white sauce for me. Friday 10 July Poor trap night but 1 q of the suspected 2nd sp. of Rattus came in. Verified mam. form. as 0 - 2 = 4. Also a c?. Gave me a chance to pack wet specimens & continue my drying of skins in tent. Also finished filling & pinned out Zaglossus. Looks fine but takes up a lot of room. Boys out hunting all afternoon but found nothing. David jacked another Hyomys tonight--also a Cuscus. I also collected a Cuscus. Sun most of the day & lovely soft starlit night. G's boys collected as far down as Bottom Camp & brought in a huge butterfly. Len coll. first snake on Maneau. Len did his last coll. for this camp (has over 400 numbers now). Have both lamps going in tent tonight--I'm stripped to the waist. 2 carriers from Biniguni with 2 bottles of rum ! and fresh vegetables. Ken reports case of meat stolen at Kwagira. Saturday 11 July Another q Rattus of 2nd sp. came in this A.M. from same ridge as the others. Mammary count checked again as 0 - 2 = 4. A short shower about 10 A.M. but generally good day. Dried skins all day over lamp. Will have to carry 3 boards of pinned material in my collecting trunk. At dusk I shot 2 bats over the camp clearing--both Miniopterus. After dinner jacked for an hour--shot a small brown Ring-tail. David shot another Anisomys & best of all found a Dactylonax (long-fingered striped possum)--our first for Maneau ! We were about 50 yds. apart listening to giant rats fighting when he shone the eyes of the possum. Cannot understand why we have not found D. during 3 weeks we have been here. Carriers due to arrive tomorrow. Have busy day ahead of me--making skins, & packing. We had taro baked in coals of fire tonight--nutty flavor--crust like baked potato. Also apple pie & strawberry tart. Changed position of rat net. Sunday 12 July Last day at Middle Camp--and from 2 P.M. on a rainy one ! Carriers (30 plus including 4 women) arrived at 12:30, had rice, tied their loads on poles & were just about to take off 3000' down the mountain to Bottom Camp when it poured. Men under our work fly and the women unrolled their pandanus leaf shelters & crouched under them. Finally let up a bit & Geoff & Losima started down & carriers followed. Len has moved in with me--his tent went down for setting up for G. & Ken (who did not come up to Middle Camp). Carriers will be up tomorrow to take rest of camp down. Made up skins in P.M. & packed skins & skulls tonight in tent. Finished at 10 P.M. Knockdown box is jammed with skins. 193 specimens for this camp--20 species. Daga name for Dactylonax is Oôlou. Len & I had a pleasant evening talking about Archbold Expeditions & Museum. Good frog chorus. Monday 13 July Middle Camp to Bottom Camp (700 M.) Up at 6 A.M. Took down flys & tent. Nailed up my knockdown specimen box & wrapped with rubber cloth. Bays had made a litter to carry Tommy. They started down at 8 A.M. Carriers arrived at 9:45, loaded up & we were off about 10:30. It was drizzling but this soon turned into a steady downpour which became heavier as we sloshed & slipped down the trail. Reached camp about noon. Down about