July 10 (Cont'd) Examined the rainforest on the west side of Puffdelooney Peak and found them poor indeed, and much encumbered with wiry vines. Sunday, July 11: Most of my morning spent making 4 x 5 photos of the camp and of the gorge of the West Claudie, Fine gusty day, with more cloud than yesterday but good patches of sunshine for photos. Hugh Fisher and George Wilson had lunch with us on their way to Iron Range, to pull down a military building, and to Portland Roads to do some fishing. Brought us a nice lot of fresh and corned beef from Wenlock where a Maltese does the butch send for the community. We expected that Fisher would have radio or telephone news of the Leisha which is bringing the cargo that the wharfies refused to load on the Wandana. But the telephone line between Portland Rds. and Wenlock is out of order, as usual, and there is no news of the boat. We expected Charlie Taylor (Wharfkeeper at P.R.) to drive up to our camp yesterday or today with our cargo ex the Leisha, but he has not arrived. The boat must have been delayed. We are out of rum and tomorrow we will eat the last of our butter. We can, however, carry on very well for some time except for kerosene. We have only enough kerosene left to supply my plant dryers for a week, and to run one lamp for the whole camp for that time. Fuel consumption has been above normal for this camp. Not having enough work to make them tired, the zoological staff has been sitting up late reading blood and thunder and mystery yarns. This camp has been fairly good for plants and insects, excellent for birds, and very poor for mammals. Only __mammals, of ___ species, have been taken in ___ two weeks. Think trapping techniques have a lot to do with the poor results in mammals. For example, two nights ago Van discovered how to trap the local marsupial cat (Saturnellus). Now we have three specimens of it. Monday, July 12: Tonight we are at Brown's Creek, with different insect noises and the soft sound of running water in our ears. The creek runs strongly all year from a big spring up a little from the road crossing where we are camped. Brown's Creek runs into the Pascoe, and is 12 miles southwest of our camp in Tozer Gap. Most of the country in the locality is covered with turkey bush. We are camping here for a week to try out the turkey bush environment. This type of vegetation occupies vast areas between here and the Jardine River, but it does not extend much farther south, according to reports. The move here was done on a Main Roads truck driven by George Moon. Left the Gap at 9:50 and arrived at Brown's Creek about 11:15. And we had no trouble on the road. Travel is just slow on these roads. Because of its running water, Brown's Ck. is a favored camp site for travelers on this lonely road. We had only to clear the ground of grass before stretching our tents and flys on poles left in position by former users of the camp. A galley with galvanized roof was ready for the cook, who soon made his favorite kind of fireplace out of a 50 gallon gasoline drum that someone had left behind. A sheet of corrugated iron, placed on a frame of sticks, and the corrugations filled with clean sand from the creek into the creek, serves as our dining table. Tuesday, July 13: The first night of mammal collecting gave encouraging results - a Pteropus Gouldi shot out of a flowering bloodwood tree by Van (it is supposed to be a species of the mangroves), a Rattus trapped by Van and two Saturnellus trapped by George.