9th Month SEPTEMBER 1959 30 Days FAIR 200-48 POROSA 28 MONDAY 271-94 CAUGHT MY FIRST HYDROMYS (OUR 3RD IN THE HIGHLANDS) IN MY STEEL MEAT SET IN THE LITTLE GULLY BEHIND CAMP. SEEMS NORMAL COM- PARED WITH THE MT. WILHELM SPECIMEN. LIKLIK SITINNED HIM + WE TOOK OFF BEFORE 9! FOR OKTAPA TO FIND A LOCAL BAT CAVE. ON THE WAY WE MET DR. MAR WHO IS HERE IN THE AREA FOR A MONTH COLLECTING ECTOS + INSECTS IN GENERAL. WE FOUND THE CAVE UNDER THE ROAD BUT IT TERMINATED AT A SMALL HOLE, WHICH WE COULD NOT NEGOTIATE. NO SMELL OF BATS. AFTER LUNCH DROVE TO SMALL VILLAGE OF ILAFO - 3 MI. S.E. OF OKTAPA. NATIVES TOOK US TO A BIG LIMESTONE CAVE - ESINDONA - WHERE WE COLLECTED LARGE TSM. MINIOPTERUS + DOBSONIA. NARROW SOLUTION TUNNEL. SAW MURDERED WOMAN + CHILD ON 201-47 POROSA WAY HOME. P.O. CARTER 29 TUESDAY 272-93 BUSY DAY WITH MAMMALS. CLEAR EARLY, CHILLY, OVERCAST, 30 WEDNESDAY 273-92 POROSA