Sun. Oct. 18. No results from trapping for bandicoots. In rod traps 4 Rattus nigro, 1 Trilumys (Turr.) Spart the entire morning building a trap-fence for bandicoots. It consists of a low style fence of parallel poles built up one on the other to a height of 4 or 5 pole diameters, loop-holed at the ground level + a trap placed in each opening. The fence is placed along a stretch of ground, preferably level where signs of bandicoots digging about are plentiful. Ours is parallel to the river and so far is 50 yards long, with six traps in it. We plan to extend it to 150 yards or so. The following is a rough sketch of how it is made. The upright stakes go in pairs on either side of the fence and their tops are lashed together. In the afternoon took some butterflies. New moon tonight: no unusually high tides today. a very large, broad headed lizard 7'6" from nose to tip of tail, shot + brought in by one of our boys. "May have given rise to the stories circulating about tree-climbing alligators". Small native dog wandering about trails. Appears lost + yours a good deal. May be same one I saw at that house other day. Our boys were there today & believe it vacated for weeks a long time now. I'm not so sure. From Oct. 19. Developing is a bit awkward too. The water is so heavily charged with sediment that it must be settled for 2 days + then decanted (notary has figured out how to make a siphon). Temperatures in early morning OK. 67-69. Only 2 cats today. While boys were working on the bandicoot fence I took a good walk along the north trail & learned away to west (the track I followed Oct. 7th) I came at last to the fence found there 14th. This time I approached it from the other side. It is a big log home in partial disrepair - holes in the thatch etc. I am often