lead out of the door & looked at us. From that we decided the house is not abandoned. Possibly the people may come in to see us in a day or two, now that they know we have their address. After lunch walked up in woods to see the Uromys tree. I went quickly right half way up my ladder then I heard a strong squeemy up in the hole there-- that the female had returned to the 3 young. Went down & left things alone, as I dont want to frighten her any more. The leaf which I had just in little hole had been removed & dropped to the foot of Ete Tree. Saw native dog in woods east of camp. Ran round up--tried this pm in lost & brought back 2 small sets of different species (and probably different genus, though I have called them Rhinolyphus provisionally) # 2990 which may be Hippolaphus to grayian, has a horse-shoe nose-leaf + is provided with a median gland between nose-leaf + forms which secretes a yellowish waxy substance surrounded by black hairs. The tail is long. # 2991 has bright reddish fur; the ears are short, but have peculiar points at the tip and like (illegible) . The horse-shoe nose leaf is present, but the gland is a hairless, whitish eminence which secretes a yellowish waxy substance. The tail is short. Thurs. Oct. 18. The Uromys experiment has ended rather abruptly. This morning the hole was empty - no trace of the old one or of the three young. Not only that but all of the dry leaves which I scattered in the hole yesterday have been thrown out on the ground. Trapped a big Varanid lizard by a hole at the base of a big tree. Hole 3 inches in diameter and a couple of inches above the soil level. You should have seen the lizard shoot into that opening when I released it from the trees. Smoked 2 sets + a set out of holes in a big tree this a. m. The sets represent a third species of Rhinolyphus (?) The set was a young Uromys. This p.m. yet another set # 2991. This one had the pointed gland greatly developed + nearly erected when picked up,