Sun. Jan 24. The trap did fairly well with their trap lines: a lot of R. murder, 2 R. macleri, 2 large red melomys, 1 Phascogale melanura, and a slim-footed rat that I do not know (no. 3435). Guy had an invitation for us to go to lunch at Eilecot, a neighboring sugar estate. We rode over about 10.30. The actual owners of the estate Mr. & Mrs. Lowdens are away south but we met the two superintendents Metcarn, Hurley and Inathley, the latter a Canadian from Saskatoon, and Miss (ma) Wright who has lived all over Papua & has had much to do with the history of the territory. She is another Mrs. Cowling a related lady who once "knocked a boy out with a chunk of firewood & knocked him back again with a pail full of cold water". She is now housekeeper for the Lowdens. Rain came on in the middle of the day, lasting on and off till night. We got back about 5.30. Forgot to say that in p.m. yesterday I walked along the crest ridge due E., from here & up onto the large hill top that overlooks the entire middle Kemp Welch valley. Oaks were reached about 2/3 way up. Also a cedar-like tree (only one though). Six patches of Kurakuru grass on flats along the ridge crest; a deserted shelter at the 5th. A prod deal of moss or ground trees; quantities of trailing bamboo. Lots of trap places. Probably didn't go up a thousand feet. Mon., Jan. 25. Rain (7 a.m.) 4.55 m. (69.5 cm). Catch fell off to 3 - probably the rain had something to do with it, with new. Want to see Ariel's & Tailkuda's trap lines. They run through a small patch of acacia growth & into the