that the animal holds the rough, knotty L. 24 p. 18 nut in its jaws and scrapes away the pulp with either upper or lower incisors but not both teeth, then licks out the loosened material. The candle nut tree grows commonly here. I have seen hundreds of the metacarpus tough similar holes. It occurs so down to the coast, and at Meladune & Port Moresby, but not up river, according to Bram. I have a fourth specimen of the new leptopus, this time from cane ridge. Two then came from low ground on a post a few above the fresh into high tide mark and the other two dryish forested hill-side. Yesterday Bram saw a small rat make off with a sprigry hopping [illegible] fruit, the tail held high, which correspond to what I expect of the movements of L., judging from the form of the plant limbs & fruit. This morning Bram & I went to the point visited on the afternoon of October 3 to observe the tree, due almost 1.30, and took pictures of it. Found the point marks the place of exposure of about 12 feet of shell-bearing strata, fine sandstone & shales. I could see a clean, an oyster-like shell + spiraled shell every other. Whether they are marine or fresh water molluscs is not clear. The point marks the crest of a slight fold the beds coming up to it with dips of not more than (probably less) 10°. The strike of the fold appears to be WSW - ENE or thereabouts. Due to perplexing the oldest beds exposed (those containing the fossils) are right on the point, as the diagram shows! Strike of ridge ENE W _____________ E Beds to the east though still with slight easterly dip approach the horizontal. They are composed chiefly of shales and lignites with occasional lenses of sand. The fox was disappointingly small. It traveled about 5 miles in 8 minutes or more or less 30 miles per hour. It came early - at a quarter to one. High tide 5 o'clock. Largest moon then on the rising. Seen, Nov. 1. I forgot to mention of the Pottos shot by Bram (p. 18) that he reported the eyes shone rather well. Sorry, though Pottos