LOGISTS + SOON DISCOVERED US AT WORK. WE MOVED INSIDE BUT WE THEN HAD A WINDOW AUDIENCE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. TO BED EARLY. 269 (340) SAT. SEPT. 26, 1958 96 BOLU BOLU. 3 RATTUS (2 SPECIES) + 2 MUS IN GRASS TRAPS. MADE UP BY LUNCH TIME. KIM, LIK LIK + I SET OUT FOR SOME CAVES SOUTH ALONG THE COAST NEAR KIM'S VILLAGE. LEFT HERE AT 12:40 P.M. + ARRIVED AT CAVES AT 2:30 - A LONG HOT WALK. TRAIL FOLLOWED SHORE IN PLACES, PASSED THRU A LARGE COCONUT PLANTATION ON THE NEXT POINT SOUTH OF US. SMALL PATCHES OF SCRUB NEAR SHORE OUT MOST OF COUNTRY IS IN GRASS. NO RUNNING CREEKS. WE REACHED A BROAD SHOULDER OF LAND JUST NORTH OF MUD BAY + JUST THIS SIDE OF KIM'S VILLAGE. KIM CUT DOWN AN OLD CREEK BED + THEN WANDERED OUT INTO THE GRASS - 6' HIGH + COVERING OLD ROUGH LIMESTONE BAVOLDERS. HE HAD NOT VISITED THE CAVES SINCE BOYHOOD BUT HE HAD NO THOUGHT FINDING THEM. A FEW TREES GROWING OUT OF A PINK HOLE IN A SEA OF GRASS MARKED THE ENTRANCE TO 3 SMALL CAVES WHICH LOOKED LIKE OLD WAVE-WASHED HOLES. ELEVATION NOW ABOUT 76' + 3/8 MILE FROM COAST. ABOUT A DOZEN BATS - ALL OF 1 SPECIES, HIPPOSIDEROS - AND WE DID WELL TO COLLECT 5 OF THEM. VERY NER VOUS - CAUGHT 1 BY HAND BUT OTHERS SHOT WITH DUST. NO SIGN OF DOBSONIA BUT WE SAW EVIDENCE OF NATIVE VISITS + THEY WOULD ONLY COME FOR LARGE BATS. STARTED HOME AT 4:1 - ARRIVED 6:PM. KIM OPENED GREEN COCONUTS - MILK VERY GOOD. ALSO STOPPED AT PLANTATION + ATE ORANGES WHICH WERE GIVEN TO US BY KIM'S MOTHER + FATHER-IN-LAW. KIM ALSO MET HIS FATHER ON THE TRACK. HE AND OTHER MEN MUST BE RETURNING FROM FISHING PARTY. COAL WALKING. THE NORTHERN PEAKS CLEAR, TO BED EARLY. KIM'S VILLAGE: AMANAWAYA NAME OF CAVES: SENARUADI 270 (341) SUN. SEPT. 27 95 BOLU BOLU. MADE UP 4 BATS - 2 WITH EMORYS. NO TRAP CATCH. A DULL, RATHER BLUSTERY DAY WITH A FEW SPITS OF RAIN BLOWING INTO OUR WINDOWLESS "RANCH HOUSE". WE HAVE NEW TRAP LINES OUT TONIGHT. BOYS HAVE LINES ALONG FIRST STREAM TO NORTH. LEN HAD A GOOD DAY - FOUND 1 TREE HE CAN NOT IDENTIFY TO FAMILY. KIM IS OFF VISITING HIS VILLAGE. LOSIMA'S BROTHERS ARE VISITING HERE IN CAMP. THE FAMILIES OF BOBBY + TOMMY CANCELED OVER FROM FERGUSSON ISLAND TO VISIT. THIS IS YAM PLANTING TIME; THIS + BANANAS MOST IMPORTANT ISLAND CROPS, BUT KIM OUT JACKETING ON HIS OWN