L. 27. P. 9 loose cut paws (quite dry & brown) beneath which it was drier. It contained two young (the usual number) which squeaked and scampered actively about. They were 3ft from and though in somewhat juvenile gelge were readily recognisable as belonging to the small paws Pulemys species. Heavy showers of rain swept through the pass and along the sides & tops of the high mountains N. of us. In evening went back along the road with light, but saw only the eye of a night hawk. About 4 m. the road starts to wind down off the end of the spur - probably for 5 thousand feet or so. Feb. 10, Wed. Putting two boys in charge of the camps at Baruari, I took the other 3 and bat-collecting equipment + food for a faradays and pushed on down to Taraveri. Left at 9 am + an'd about 11.30. Stayed at the plantation house, a pleasant rough place. Taraveri is a small coffee estate owned by B.N.G. and is in carge of a half-cast named Kevin. The territory is very hilly, the altitude 220 meters (at the house on the hill above the factory), and the Musgrave River runs through it. In the afternoon we tackled the first of the two caves. About 2 miles E., it is reached by a rough, ridgy track through forest. The main entrance is of sink-hole type but has a sloping entrance. One hears the flap of wings almost at once. In about 30 feet of what may be termed vestibule the main vault-like chamber is reached - roughly circular and about 50 feet in diameter with the deeply pitted and recessed