L-23, P.2 Wednesday, Aug. 19. Mosquitoes (non-malarial) were a nuisance in the evening. Night clear. Morning temperature down to 71°. Plan to keep a hammock near here. A Trilmops musculus in traps and two others brought in by Sukelis. A Phaeogale (3 dorsal stripes) set by Ego-ego (kid boy). This animal represents one of the catagories recently distributed by Stern. It looks like a Tupara & has only pointed nose. The boy got it on the ground. But one of our police say it clinks trees & that a number live in a simple nest. A Blamps brought in in the afternoon. Thursday, Aug 20. Today two opp of Trilmops the proo-inhabit, musculus and the first textured one of its north; Rattus brechyskinies, as an exceedingly interesting, possibly new landclint. It is very small (field # 2558) and is not adult. The snill fremder (?) presents unusual characters and in the skin the tail is long & the ears large with the margin of each inside covered with pale brown tains. In the fore foot the 4th digit is long (comp. Echimyus). The tail is full but densely hairy. Furthest long asander. Is it new or a young Doodon. The ears are large and rather pointed but broad near the head. Saw the boys out with guns and some steel traps. Also made more sets for R. brechyskinies. Baited my steel traps south of camp with bananas to try to get Doodon. Have had strong breeze all day — sufficient to make little white-caps on the lake. The climate here is very dry, yet at the same time there are quantities of mosquitoes. Camp is situated on a sort of peninsula with water on either side of us, and a scattering of trees give shade. North the trees give place to savanna & clumps of bamboo; south to a dry phase of forest which is comparatively open and contains little or no Colomines. The lake is extensive, a couple of miles either way, pretty isolated and contains many islands, some of them quite large. The Sukis have built a new camp on one plot near islands, importing their families. Probably they will do some hunting for us later on.