L. Mt. P. 3 During the mornings walk saw a large cassowary. Also we found three pigeons' nests, two of which were to few sticks laid on the tips of fan palm leaves. The sequel to Helmys muscalis is that she did learn to climb in and out of the kerosine tin. Unfortunately she got caught in a trap. So I now have two orphan Helmys in my hands. They have their eyes open now & squeak loudly at night. They are learning to eat combination bait but they run quite quickly away the dark in their tin. They are now 55 + 50 mm. in length (least wholly). Their sexes (I think) are ♂+♀. Then Oct. 8. Took long walk down min at 6 o'clock. Saw a Dorcyns. Then shot yesterday had their stomachs full of finely chewed bambro cane I (the small cane), and contained quantities of round worms. This mornings catch got: a Helmys with a starkly contrasted color pattern; a small, short-tailed forestal Helmys; Two spp (?) of Rattus of the nigrinus group. The Helmys appears very closely allied to the species I took at Rome. It is different from the ground-living species of the upper Sly, which is much larger. Last Tuesday Franks VIG sent me a page & a half of instructions as to what one just be using with the set & what to do about it. He was sending for nearly twelve minutes. The upshot is that I was able to send things to him once more this evening, that I have eliminated these condensers & patched up a fused resistor and lowered the voltage for the generator. There is no "voice" any more, but its not needed. Just lets about 6.45 to 7 pm came our camp, apparently attracted by the stray light from the practice lanterns. A few Conifer as well. The two young Helmys died this morning. The fruit here is of rather dry type, making a fairly good campy but having little value for the other try states of the smaller bambro Schizostachya.