China field catalogue #1-111 and journal, v4158
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Stein, BR 1988 12 Aug. Several areas. Evidences of old campfires means we are not the first or the only visitors. The cave, main chamber, is easily 50' in length. There are 4 steps down into the main chamber from an outer room + some of the walls have been plastered. The best guess is that it was used by one side or the other during W.W. II or the Japanese invasion. I would expect The Hillides are full of such caves + that some might be / have been inhabited by the locals. Our guide scampered around + caught us one Rhinolophus by hand - such a perfect horseshoe noseleaf - much more impressive when alive than dead. The cave itself is probably 20° cooler than the outside air which today was hot + humid. You can feel the temp. drop as you approach through the vegetation. Water drips on the inside. Most of the area leading up to the cave has been cleared, some 2° growth remains. Graham + Michelle spent a long, hot day trying to place our one bamboo hat live trap - which they eventually did. A brief, hard sun shower hit about 4:00pm - easy to make the trails a mess tomorrow,