L. 19, P. 2 the next few days. In afternoon went out to locate new trap sites. Saturday, June 20. Nothing in traps. Set 18 steel traps in place located yesterday afternoon. Found tracks of large beaverfoot on shore, which hope to catch sooner or later. Set 17 more traps for a small mammal (probably the bear animal Melomys of this camp) which sometimes come down & walks about on river mud. Going out "jacking" tonight - suppose it will rain with hail. Got exactly nothing. Walked out along the S. trail for about 2 miles, sitting to my dinner at 6.45's. Waited till 7.15 for total darkness, and then switched on light & started back, sitting in at 8.15'. A slight drizzle developed but not wet enough to be troublesome. While waiting out there in the forest in the deepening dusk kept trying to catch some sounds of quadruped life - not a thing. A few pigeons or the birds sounding their p-o-t-hed calls! The story whirring beat of hornbills' wraps as they flew by overhead. And with darkening frogs and crickets starting up. That was all. Coming back I saw many little glittering diamonds on tops and trees which I knew were reflections from the eyes of spiders. Sunday, June 21. A Rattus and a terrestrial Melomys, the former probably allied to B. morder. Nothing in steel traps. In P.m. found traces of Uromys around a tiny pool in creek bed where some little fish had been killed by the fat men and the shrinkage gusts. Set traps thus. Uromys must go about during the day time but so far nobody has set eyes on one. We had about a dozen natives in camp today; they brought a cassowary, a few birds, and some sweet potatoes. The plan is coming in again tomorrow, or