9/28/25 40 September 28, 1925- Forenoon very warm; rained some during the afternoon and evening. Again we invaded the Monte Cristo tunnel with its short lateral tunnels at frequent intervals. Not far from the mouth of the tunnel the ceiling or arch is reinforced by poles laid close together on heavy crosspieces which are supported by heavier uprights. Among the closely laid poles we saw a blue-tailed rat which escaped to safer quarters before it could be shot with the shot pistol. However one farther back in the tunnel was dazzled by my bright flash light and was shot from a small rock ledge before it eknew what all the fuss was about. Three of us walked back through the narrow tunnel with a mine lamp and my "flash"; thus we drove the bats back to the face knocking several down with our hats as they attempted to pass, and catching others in a butterfly net. As we neared the face of the mine the bats became more numerous; the continuous beating of their wings increasing almost to a roar. Once or twice I dashed forward with the butterfly net about two inches from the ceiling and returned with it half full of bats, while the others were dozing them down with their hats with strokes in rapid succession. The greater number of this catch was Brown leaf-nosed bats; next in numbers were the Yellow leaf-nosed bats. The rarity of the catch was what I called Franz Joseph Bat due to the (10526) (nature (10521)