L24. P. 17 Thurs Oct. 29. Tides getting noticeably higher. The in-rush started at 11:30 - and in two minutes the water had risen 4 feet. Among the usual trapped specimens got a third Eclimpea, a very tiny one, though. The days getting hotter - most afternoons up to 90°. Till the end of our stay (less than a week if now) I am going to take a map in the afternoons and go out with my light shooting at night. Fri. Oct. 30. Last night shot 2 Macropus rufus - rufus wallaby (never here than Dacypsis) and the male of the Drelongs. I took on the 28th. The latter was sitting at the fort of the same tree. It is the black-tailed, white-bellied species with semi-erected hind feet. At 5 mins past midnight heard the rush of the one coming up the river. It passed Stuart Island on the other side, merely swelling the waters on our side very rapidly - and continued around the bend to the south + up past Alligator Island along that north reach. I assume this of course from the progress of the noise + its gradual decrease or increase. At a guess I followed its progress by ear for about 10 minutes. I look for it at that 12:30 to 1 in the middle hours of the daily today. The moon is nearing full. Tides of Rattle A small one appeared far down the river at 12:30 but faded out before it got anywhere near Stuart Island. The water here at camp rose very rapidly however - about 4 feet in the first two minutes. A faint noise from behind Sturt Isl. showed that the rush was breaking slightly on the south shore. It did not compare with the midnight tide however for intensity. Sat. Oct. 31. Out again last night shot 2 Urops of a Dacypsis - one Urops was carrying a nut in its mouth which I can identify as the candle-nut Blewites moluccana. The nut had had a small hole bitten into one end and some of the oily pulp extracted. All around the opening was wet with saliva. The sketch is natural size, and to get up close for the out more of the head at all the pulp is totally Urops without biting shell. It seems likely.