- 39 - (Continued /53) Van, who was skinning trapped rats when I left camp, was to have met me at the caves. When he did not turn up by eleven o'clock I went in alone, with one of my boys, ( sink hole entrance). Finding the cave roomy and with good floor I went back to cut switches for a bat hunt, in which another of my boys and the guide took part. About fifty yards in, the cave forked. Took right hand branch and in about 20 yards came to a chamber about 30 ft. across and 20 ft. high which fairly swirled with small bats. Got fifteen of four species. Floor of which cave at least several inches deep with guano, some of it wet and soft. Was followed to the cave by two natives, who later were joined by other men and two women. Their objective was meat. Asked them to keep out until Van arrived so as not to disturb the bats, but while I was plant hunting they entered with flashlights. Did not see their bag of big Dobsonias. It must have been ample for my boys came into possession of six bundled up in palm leaves. Met Van on my way back to camp. His bag from the cave, and mine, numbered 74 of 8 species, including a large and a small species of Dobsonia. Tapitapipi is evidently a well developed system of caves. The lower entrance under the cliff takes the catchment of a fair sized drainage basin. Someone, ( Brutwell or Atkinson) reported having gone two miles into the caves, then turning back on account of bad air. (Along way to go under ground!). Brutwell and a Czechoslovakian D.P. doctor named entered by the sink hole last year. Doubt if the guano I saw would be of commercial interest. From the cave I had local natives point in the direction of several mapped points, and got these compass bearings: Dabora 190 degrees; Dabora Mission 165 degrees; Banapa 203 degrees; Mukawa 320 degrees. The Dabora bearing checks with one in the opposite direction given by a native yesterday. I have not yet plotted the bearings on the map.