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if backshees was forthcoming.  One of the interesting & new sights to see was the great colonies of fruit bats living in the open trees of the park.  Hundreds were suspended from the trees at one corner of the park [[strikethrough]] th [[/strikethrough]] the bats being social in habits.  Many hung in bright light & one dead or leafless tree was quite filled by bats much to my surprise.  A few moved about & shifted their positions as we watched them.  They show the same immunity to sunshine that Megoderma does in Africa.
Herds of Eld's deer & the Hog deer, [[?anally]] of the axis were seen in the paddocks.  Several pairs of Pandas were on exhibition.  The gibbons