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L. 18. P. J.
Sunday June 7. Think will camp after dark. Hope to get some. Very heavy rain all night. River high and still rising. About 10 o'clock voices called out from one of the two camp entrances, and there were half a dozen of the local Papuans. They appeared very like the people we left down at Palmer Junction both facially and in the ornaments they wear. Their language seems to be the same. They brought a small piece of sweet potato & we gave them beads + 2 brass. They were all shivering in the pouring rain. So we let them shelter in the boys' Rattles. Rain stayed with us most of the day. Time mostly spent fixing up camp. In evening rigged up the cyanide trap & caught several cubic inches of micro-insects.
Monday, June 8. Nothing in traps. Slight rain at night but river this morning almost down to normal. Lovely fine morning. Drying everything out thoroughly. Re-baiting this afternoon Gororo found a Terrestrial Melmye that had been caught during the day.
Tuesday, June 9. A true Melmye only, same species as at Last camp. One of Rand's boys shot a pig; but as it's ears are cropped it is pretty sure to be a Willy's pig, and Stall have to pay them for it.
This afternoon Rand + I took the drighy with one of the boys to row her & pulled up stream in search of the