Puerto Plata The bamboo frequently in tight clusters. Sole in the afternoon I dug three test holes near clumps of bamboo. Each hole about 10"x10" square and 8" deep. The first one produced one large earthworm, the second nothing, and the third produced two large coleoptera larvae and x one large earthworm. Puerto Plata Nov. 17 Rain most of night, light drizzle in morning. Grid Moderated: 1 E Prenomyx? ♂ 55g #52 it ear slit. In luna grove. 1 M " " ♂ 65g (07317) (#817) under log [old log from April] 3A also longi ♀ open 42g #301 [old log from April] 3H " " ♂ 42g #588 3L " " ♀ not open #589 26g 4E " " ♂ 40g. #590 6D " " ♀ open #591 38g note: all 3 Prenomyx are probably relictines from last April. 6C " " ♂ 40g #592 6A " " ♀ 35g open #593 9 I Prenomyx ♂ 54 g # 594 it ear chewed away. Anta had put 30 museum speciales below the Post Office building in bamboo clumps etc. near the edge of the raspberry patch. They held 1 Prenomyx, 1 achaeomys, 2 Drypomys, 2 Notiomys velderviae, 2 abedon longifilis, and 4 abedon olivaceus. Drizzle most of the day. Miguel Pellaro says borings of El Abuelo indicate an age of 568 years A large clumps of bamboo at the bottom edge of the raspberry garden below the Post office is dead and contains many seed heads. Digging under it