L. 14, P. 5. Arranged a set of prices to be paid for mammals brought in good condition: Echidna 10/ Scrub wallaby and Cuscus 5/ M. agilis, Dactylopsila, Dromicia, Isodon, Echimypera 3/ Petaurus 2/ Uromys, Hydromys 1/6 all other bats and rats 1/- Have made arrangements to go out to spend the night at a native hut near the savannas a couple of miles from here. Taking two boys with 20 traps and a local lad as a guide. Expect to do some light collecting, and hope for a cuscus or a kangaroo before the night is over. Leaving about 4 oclock, so I'll not hear Julstedt's broadcast. The boys have developed quite an unusual technique for rebaiting trap-line: they carry the usual combination bait. And while putting that in the trap and se-setting the thing they chew up a piece of coconut. The last operation is the scattering of chewed nut over the surface of the trap. Local names for some mammals (Kiwai language): Rattus ringens, Huapu-keakea; the former a woodd rat; Rattus brachyrhinus, Genoho (a field rat); Echimypera, Iare (bandicoot); Uromys, Gahge (mosaic-tailed rat); Small bats, Pipite; Macropus agilis, Kipap (brown wallaby); M. orimo, Woosaro (Red-legged wallaby); M. brunii, Bio-usal (Black or scrub wallaby). Just as we were getting ready to leave, Taikudo brought in a female Echimypera (bandicoot) with three young in pouch. It had been killed by a rat trap in the mangrove line of traps near the "port". Pouch young: 2 females, 1 male. Wed Tues. Apr. 22. Yesterday afternoon we set out at 4 p.m. sharp, taking my two boys and a local boy and his brother to show the way. We made good time and got to the house soon after 4.30. At once sent Kanamoia with one of the locals to st his 20 traps, and Aia with the other boy out with a gun to se whether they could pick up something before dark. I went out myself to locate the trails for jacking after dark. The little house was nothing but a bark platform with a palm-leaf roof over it. It was placed at the junction of a savanna with a narrow strip of forest, flooded, which separated the house from Bahliss's garden, for the two local lads with us were Bahliss's children. We found a very few and scattered signs of wallaby, but nothing to indicate that they are common there. No signs of any other kinds of mammals. At 7.30 I went with my light over miles of savanna trails, and the only eyes I saw were those of two nightjars and a Dobsonia bat which flew over and was gone. Got back at 10.30 very tired from continually slipping about in the muddy water-covered tracks. This morning took another walk around and then came back to Mabaduane. There found that Taikudo and Gororo had caught two Melomys and two Rattus. Another canoe has come in and Brass heard that the 'plane left yesterday for Port Moresby. I heard Archbold talking with Julstedt two nights ago (A. and Rand are in the "Veriveri" out at the Barrier Reef), and Archbold said something about J. going to Moresby to get some special transmitter fixed up. A spotted cuscus (Phalanger maculatus), female (paradoxically the females have not the spotted pattern), has just been brought in from across the River Pahoturi and about 5 miles away. It has been killed by dogs but seems to be otherwise in good condition. It is said to have had one puoch young which escaped. About elegen I was amused to watch a procession coming towards me across the square: Aia the hunter carrying nothing but his gun, staking along with an air of utter satisfaction, the lad who had been with him, axx carrying a pole from which was slung a cuscus, next Kanamoia and the fourth boy carrying the baggage. They were a trifle crest-fallen to learn that a cuscus had arrived an hour earlier. This afternoon another female wallaby was brought to us. And along about 5 ock a third, very large male. (both M. agilis). After, or rather during supper Blue created a considerable disturbance by eating most of the tail of newly skinned wallaby which was heavily loaded with arsenic. We decided to give him a salt and warm water emetic at once. We at length got about two bottles of the stuff into him, but it took two boys to hold him, while Brass opened and held his mouth and I poured the dope down. Brass unfortunately