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At 9 AM. we rode ^[[30 li]] up the valley to a bat cave.  We found the place was a temple, that [[strikethrough]] so [[/strikethrough]] the mouth of the cave was built over & formed the inner chamber of a temple.  The front was graced by a circular pond with a central island surmounted by an open structure.  The water bubbled up in a spring on the side of the pond.  We entered the temple & found our way into the cave at one side of the shrine  The cave was in limestone & opened up into a large chamber but did not extend far into the hill.  To one side thru a small entrance another chamber was found which contained several specimens of a nycteris.  They were somewhat dormant & could be plucked from the wall unless disturbed by poking [[strikethrough]] when [[/strikethrough]] at which a few took flight.
The stomachs of the 5 skinned contained no food. The place is known as Shui-fu-ssa.  On the way we passed thru several villages & saw strewn in