L. 23. P. 8 Indeed, Betel nut was being chewed freely. When they finally got to the end of a chant. They would pause for a moment or two till somebody stuck up another. But as at a party at home we could tell they are discussing which particular opus they should put on next. I shot a few pictures with the hope that a little somethng may come out on them. One tiny lad (about 7 years I should think) was brought by his dad. He soon grew very tired + sat down in the midst of the dance floor. Iwell pa squatted down too + gave him a drag of the cigarette he was smoking. As that didn't work the two left the party. I occasional dog would wind its way among the ceaseless moving feet. Fransoase (the chief who met us the first day) got seats for us (this of firewood). When we came back to camp found that a handcart had been caught in a trap near the cook house. Friday Aug. 28. In traps yet another Hydromys and at Rattus brachyurinus. The H. was taken in Sago swamp. No special news late. Saturday, Aug. 29. Message from Papua to say that the "Rised S." will not be here still about the first of October. In traps 3 Rattus brachyurinus, 1 M. muscula and 1 arboreal Melomys. Photos of native dance the other night w g - not enough light. In p.m. a macropus leucani (scrub wallaby) was caught in, not by me [illegible] father's police. Sun. Aug. 30. Got some quite nice Lepidoptera this morning. Nothing in traps. 3 Baroma wallabies trapped in the evening. Mon. Aug. 31. This morning weather overcast + a high barometer. One large arboreal Melomys only in traps. Boop working on the 3 wallabies all morning. The flies + mosquitoes are such a nuisance in this camp that we have made a screened dining privacy room out of a net shing tent I had made in Hawaii. I think it will work quite well too.