Stein BE 1988 14 Aug an hour which got us to the edge of the primary forest. Passed through a bamboo forest briefly. Patrick went on about the dangers - wild elephants, tigers, the white buffalo, etc. Altho area #3 is the largest of the 3 preserves once again we were only allowed on the periphery. How frustrating. And we had dragged all those traps along with us. I set about 80 altho the habitat seemed much the same to me as in the other areas we had worked. Had we gone by boat I can only guess that we would have approached the reserve from the other side and the climb would have been just as arduous. Got back about 3:00pm. All the others had gone out to a new bat cave, along the river, about 14km. further/past the 1st cave of yesterday. It began to pour around 4:00pm- a hard, steady driving rain. We waited. The other returned about 6:30 with a net of bats, a veritable gold mine. Mostly 2 genera - Tadarida + Taphozous. Art started on the dead ones first, the live ones he'll cave till tomorrow (but they may be dead by then). What he was up to skinning, I got to pickle. I tidied everything here it is midnight. I think he got 5 others at