14. 12 Aug. Have spent the last few days working on a revision of the phyllotomated last chapter and settled on Science as the place for the deer blood paper. Tonight was the 1st time I could get in the field due to lodging mess-ups. Mike Manlove and I went to Par Pond to shoot over the Cold Dam, where Mike Smith told us we could find bats easily if the shot ones weren't eaten by the bass. News got a chance to determine if bass will eat bats as the gun jammed after the 1st shot. Bats appeared at sunset and we saw ~10 before heading back in extremely bad humor. One may have been Eptesicus. As there was no hope of getting another gun, we went road cruising for herps. All were obtained along pine plantations, the Scarlet snake on Rd 7 near Par, the Scaphiopus along a 2.5 mi stretch of Rd 2 from the junction of Rd A. Will be leaving tomorrow w/te for Washington DC by plane to meet Sam who has been at the Smithsonian looking at fossils. Hope Memphis will get us some bats !!!