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under the ground. We searched
about for nearly an hour
and found very few bats.
My guide told me that formerly
he had seen thousands of
bats in the mine. The greatest
number encountered were
glossophaga, a representative No.
12196 was put up. I saw two
carollia, No. 12195 was taken, and
one diphylla, No. 12194. From this
mine we went to the No. 3
mine which is perhaps three
hundred yards to the south
and east and across a small
river or stream and just to
the south of a trail that leads
in that direction. The entrance
tunnel led back perhaps
one hundred feet before it
struck a cross vein. The
water was nearly knee deep in
the entrance tunnel therefore
my feet were soaking wet
before I reached the cross vein
where there was no water.
At the cross vein I found
Mormoops by the thousands.
In some places there were
large cavities where they fluttered
and squeaked abundantly.