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an altogether fruitful place frcwi the animal aide. Belgian expeditions 
have more completely worked these caves, but these are our first museum 
specimens from this place. There are said to be at least six kinds 
of bats in all the caves taken together, but I doubt if we got more 
than 2 or 3 kinds, kfon’t be able to tell till they are studied 
back home. The caves are extensive and, as with scsne of our caverns 
back home in the Virginia and West Virginia hills, have never been 
fully explored. The late afternoon, lith May, proved a welcome break 
to the road work we»d been doing. We wanted to stay over another day, 
but were afraid we might nof find rocro at Kutwanga if we passed up 
our reservations there. Got away at 1* P.M. , reached Mutwanga at 
about eight p.m. Here at Mutwanga we did get a full days rest (the 5th) 
frcsn travel, but spent it in reorganizing our gear, repadiing and 
labelling, collections and getting overhauled generally. No collections 
were attempted except by Baker vho examined the plantings about the 
hotel, and as usual never failed to turn up a lot of mites. Early a.m, 
on the 6th we took to the road again for Ishango.in the northern sector 
of the %bert Nat'l. Park, an area also closed to tourists, but to 
idiich van Straelen gave us free and unhampered entry, guide and all 
facilities. As in Qangala-na-Bodio we had to bring along food enough 
for our me^s. Cook and house boy live on place and care for 
the guest houses of which there are two besides cook and dining 
building, and in which sane 8 people can be put up. Kerosene was 
only light at night except for our Coleman and battery lamps. No tubs 
here but showers with hot (frtxn kitchen) and cold water, comfortable beds 
but again no bed nets, -houses are screened, though. 
