kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon. Don very generously donated the specimen to the Archbold collection. It is the only specimen of its kind we have since George shot one near Julatten, while we were strikebound in Cairns at the beginning of the trip. Sat. Sept. 11: Went to Tabletop to visit George's camp and collect in the big rainforest. Van and Don, with Robert's two packhorses, fol- lowed later in the morning to camp and collect there for a few days. Found George camped on the gravelly low floodbank of a creek just within the edge of the rainforest. Rainforest of the vicinity thin, dry and poorly developed, but old timber trails give ready access to forest which George says is better. My morning yielded only 15 spp., which is poor collecting for a new rainforest locality. The fine, clear weather we have enjoyed since our arrival at Ship- ton's Flat ended last night. This morning overcast and threatening rain, and the mountain top under cloud most of the day. Sunday Sept. 12. Collecting up Parrot Ck. from camp, we passed through a gorge outthrough the granite and offering little foothold or hand- hold in the worst spots. Got a fair number of not very exciting plants. Geoff walks up to the camp in the big rainforest after breakfast, collects there all day, does a bit of light-trapping after dinner, and returns to base about 8:30 in the evening, hunting spiders on the way down. Monday Sept. 13. The morning spent in the big rainforest of the Table- top. Followed the main timber haulage trail of former years, which enters the rainforest to the north of George's camp and is said to lead through it to the tin-mining settlement of Rossville. Followed the trail to an altitude of about 1200 ft, through forest improving with altitude. Collected 20 spp., which is more than I can handle in my drying equipment. Some of the rainforest plants are bulky and sappy, and others have fleshy and sugary fruits which dry slowly. According to Jack Roberts, who cut timber before the mill at Shiptons Flat closed down in 1945, the timbers cut were kauri pine, hickory, flindersia, and maple. About 1 million super feet of red cedar was taken out in one year. The minimum girth for cutting allowed by the Forestry Dept. (this is a forest reserve) was 6 ft. at the stump. In Cooktown I was informed by Shire Clerk Landy that minimum cutting girth was 7 ft. Landy said the company is dickering with the Forestry Dept. for a reduction of 1 ft. in cutting girth and a reduction in royalties payable to the Crown before it will shift the Shipton's Flat mill to Cooktown. The mill closed down in 1945 because, it is said by various people, men could not be got to work at this remote spot. The company now proposes to haul timber in the log to Cooktown where employees and their wives can enjoy the amenities of a community to which beer and picture shows are available. Tuesday Sept. 14: An unprofitable day. On my morning's field I first examined a gully strip of rainforest across Parrot Ck. from camp. Dry tall forest, abounding in bally gum, and offering nothing to me at this time of year. Then followed Parrot Ck. down about 3/4 mile to a log bridge crossing of the creek on the old timber hauling road to Cooktown. A pretty stream, bordered with tall gum-barked Tristania and a Xantho- stemon just finishing a sporadic burst of flowering.