Tues. Sep. 24 - Today's interesting feature was a female Melampus nuccali couple in alibi with two well-pruned young adhering to the breast of guppies. The mums were kicking & dashing about but the young 'stayed put'. The young have hair already and their bodies are about 3 1/2 inches long. They coil their tails about me another slightly. Not Ratten's not just breeding season and a number of it or 1/2 pruned specimens are being trapped. Today's catch: 1 Plangal, 3 Rattus bucky shinin. 1 P.M. Just heard the engine of the 'Ronald S' - much cheering by our boys and police. Got off very acceptable mail on board. Checked stock in pm. No radio news. Wed. Sep. 25. Busy packing specimens & jelly ready to shift camp tomorrow. Put all my stuff on board this afternoon. At 2 o'clock much excitement as the motor of Lord Williams' plane was heard. She came down easily swell with the lake and we moved out, followed by a whole fleet of canoes to welcome her. Campbell the pilot and Williams who is running the upper St. R undertaking were on board. They brought bad news for Joe Healy - a particularly raw deal - he is to stay behind with four police and be flown back up river to 'protect' the Lord Williams property at Oroville Camp. Meanwhile his wife has just arrived in Dava from Port Moresby in anticipation of his arrival with us back in Dava in a few weeks time. The poor lad is feeling exceeding sore. And he had really no time to think things over or Williams got his mail (handed up on the 'Ronald S.') and took off again soon. The plane tried dragging her anchors but that was somehow OK. The locals are having a great time. Lots of fun & things going spare. They walk about with old cartridge boxes & fruit this sling-like variety bags from strings or fur straps over their shoulders. Thursday, Oct 1. While they were being loaded I went over to the village once more and shot another bunch of photos of the people there. My shots yesterday were all duds because the film came loose off the roller & was not wound through.