Tuesday 24 March 1953 (cont) bananas. Spent morning stringing more traps for a new line. David and 2 boys came in with 7 tiny bats--saved the day! 5 in formalin--made 2 up. D o not know genus--separated ears, simple face, color varies from brown to red brown. Found them in holes in coconut, breadfruit, and fruit trees. A SE wind blowing in A.M. Very comfortable while I wrote to Key #2, Uncle Will, & a thank you to Ailsa and Dusty Miller. There was a chance of a boat today, but didn't show up. Ken out with Geoff this A.M. David was near and shot a Goana--yellow spots. Out at 4:30 to set trapline (25) up gallery forest c-reek N. of Rest House. Back by way of football field--fun to see half naked boys booting a soccer ball around. Stopped at Bill Mason's store for a bottle of cold ginger beer. Good! Tried the lemon powder today. With sugar very good--citrus flavor is welcome in this climate 80° at 8:00 A.M. Paw paw for breakfast. Tony Skewes, patrol officer, here for dinner and the night. Len getting info about Mt. Maneao. Out jacking in gallery forest. Our first cuscus o--a brown dorsal stripe. Hung up in pandanus. David shinned up nearby tree & finally grabbed it by tail. Climbs tree like a tree-climbing kangaroo! Also another flying squirrel in coco- nut. A boy brought in 2 young Dobsonia (found in coconut); 2 sticks trade tobacco and sheet of newspaper. David also shot ad. Dobsonia--hung up under palm leaf. Wednesday 25 March Menapi. Another active day. David and I skinned most of day. Showed D. on 1/2 fat; then he did other 1/2. Then gave him flying squirrel to do. Very apt and interested. Lik Lik and Isilele were out all A.M. but found nothing. In P.M. I turned up a crop of 16 small bats--same species as yesterday--young and 1/2 grown. All dead except 3 which I will make up tomorrow. Ken and David went out shooting tonight--one Dobsonia. I also went out for a few minutes and shot a Dobsonia. They hang up under coconut fronds. The yellow- mantled foxes are usually in among the nuts. Had my cuscus skin lying out poisoned and dog almost ran away with it. A beautiful day with variable winds. Thought I was under cover but got a burn on top of head. Hot bath before dinner was a treat (you ladle the water over you). 82° F at 9:00 P.M. Not a breath of air. Ken sleeping outside in hammock stretched between 2 coconuts. Few mosquitoes. Taking Aralen faithfully. Melon and lemon jam broken out today. My favorite. Lemon powder drink good with banana. Cooking is done on top of oil drum which sticks up thru kitchen floor. No danger of fire--so they say. Bill Mason came in for a visit tonight. "Govilon" may be in tomorrow to take mail to Samarai. Caught first rat (Gallery rain forest)--spiny-haired. Thursday 26 March Menapi. Ran traps--nothing. Lik Lik brought in one spiny rat, all chewed up by ants--may have been caught in early evening. Where is the rat population? Isilele brought in a Bandicoot. Cracked across skull. Young boys brought in a small light colored rat. Also 4 young rats but not the progeny of 11690. Paid boys with 2 large crackers. Some men from the mountains came in to the village in P.M. One had a fighting stick which I bought for Anthropology. I was skinning and pinning specimens in front of Rest House--continual stream of little boys and on up gathered in front of table. I don't know what they think of the work that goes on here. 2 more lizards brought to Geoff. Ken leaves tomorrow to climb Mt. Maneao to