L.23, P.4. With the eleven cuscuses caught in last night were two young ones alive & active. Tried feeding them condensed milk & banana this morning but had to put other food in their mouths. The male has just the beginning of the ultimate spotted color. Its ears are yellowish and the base of the tail is buff. (photographed them). Then we have a 'baby' Snow-pink (the big sort of night hawk) and a fully-grown tiny perfectly tame fish-eagle. The Pukio are busy cleaning up camp for us. The cuscuses I paid for with pocket knives. This afternoon set out another 3 dozen rat traps. As I see the workings of the climate of this part of the country, the S.E. trade though laden with moisture from the south Pacific, is a cool wind; and reaching the low lands of the HyB region its water carrying capacity is increased by mixture with the warm air rising from the forests & savannas. Consequently it passes inland towards the mountains with redolent raininess. However as it gets some hundreds of miles inland not only (illegible) its temperature rises and its water content increased but it now travels so high almost the top of the forest that tree tops are practically undisturbed by it. Also occasionally it is driven high enough to cause some precipitation. On reaching the mountains however it is forced so high that most of its load of moisture is dropped. The 'north west' is a hot wet wind from the Indian Ocean which gives heavy rains and frequent thunderstorms. It is not a trade wind nor do I understand it yet but it may be an eddy wind from the NE Trade. The peculiarly rainy climate at Kikai in the Gulf may have something to do with the burned Plumey volcanos & the Tisana limestone area west of there. Sunday, Aug 23. Another big wed of cuscuses was brought in this morning. In traps a third sp. of Plescopale, a juv. Betta & a juv. Telomys murcels. Tried a new bait: dice mixed with honey. Won it in half the line. A bachelor adult bat similar to the young one taken Aug 20th in Rat trap set in grassy area.