DAVID FOUND 3RD. BAT - MINIOPTERUS. GOOD DRINKING WATER RAN OUT - BRUSHED TEETH IN COLD TEA. WED. APR. 8, 1953 DAGORA. SPECTACULAR COLL. DAY! AFTER SKINNING A RATTUS, MELOMYS, PETAURUS + MINIOPTERUS - RINGED BY 15 NATIVES - WE THREW OUR CAVING GEAR TOGETHER + SET OFF TO THE EAST TO VISIT THE TAPITAPIPI CAVES. TURNED N. EAST OF DAGORA VILLAGE. TRAIL LED THRU 2° GRASS LAND + BANANA PLANTATIONS + 2ND GROWTH RAIN FOREST. HOT INLAND AWAY FROM BREEZE, UP A SHARP LIMESTONE SCARP (MAP GIVES 200') AND FINALLY TO A DRY GULLEY WHICH LED INTO A TREMENDOUS SINK HOLE IN THE LIMESTONE. WE USED ANOTHER SINK ENTRANCE 100 YDS. AWAY. TIGHT ENTRANCE BUT OPENS OUT IMMEDIATELY INTO TUNNEL LIKE PASSAGES. TOOK RIGHT TUNNEL WHICH LED INTO CHAMBER 40-50' IN DIA, WE COLLECTED 8 SPECIES IN THIS SPOT: LARGE + SMALL DOBSONIA + MINIOPTERUS; 3 SIZES OF RHINOLOPHUS; A SMALL HIPPOSIDEROS - TOTAL OF 74 SPECIMENS! BRINGS OUR TOTAL TO 191 FOR 19 DAYS. STALACTITE + STALAGMITE FORMATIONS SCATTERED IN VARIOUS CHAMBERS BUT COARSE. BAT DROPPINGS ALL OVER FLOOR. DAVID WAS GOOD WITH SWITCH. I SHOT SOME WITH DUST + #9. SOME VILLAGE BOYS WITH US KNOCKED DOWN SOME BIG DOBSONIA. MANY SPIDERS IN CAVE BUT NO BOTTLE-NOSED SNAKE! FOLLOWED CENTRAL + LEFT TUNNELS UNTIL DROPS STOPPED US. SOLUTION TUNNELS WITH WATER DROPPING TO LOWER LEVELS. TOO DARK AT ENTRANCES FOR PICTURES. BIG ENTRANCE WITH MANY ST.TITE + ST.MITES - RAIN FOREST. LEN VISITED CAVE EARLIER IN DAY. BACK ALONG COAST - TOOK SWIM IN WARM SHALLOW WATER. FIXED + SORTED OVER BATS. BLUE PIGEON SOUP + STEW FOR DINNER.