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species of frogs, including a dozen or more live Xenopus, another 
electric catfish, three kinds of snakes, a small green tree frog with 
red thighs and legs, another tree frog striped black and white. 
We photographed the Chief and his women today, using color 
movie and Kodakrome in the Leica. He put on a fine embroidered robe 
for the occasion, and they both took it very seriously. 
The Zo came to town again, and again we sat cooped up in our 
house waiting for him to leave. Our boys were very serious about our 
not peeking out through the shutters, and even Mr. Paul told stories 
of mysterious poisonings when bush society laws had been violated. 
The Zo called on us, and ’ we asked his permission to take his nhotograph 
but as he wanted a hundred pounds for that privilege we decided to 
omit it, 
A hunter sent in a whole wild boar today, and we bought one 
leg, which made very good stew. 
Rice is plentiful here, although one \7onders why when one sees 
the rice farms. Forest land is cleared only to the extent of chopping 
down the trees, leaving stumps six feet high, and many logs, which are 
burned over. Then the rice is ’planted, and the little green shoots 
'which are now beginning to come up, look lost in the blackened waste. 
The land can be used only two years, whether rice or cassava is planted, 
and is then let lie fallow for seven years, when it has to be cleared 
and burned again. 
May 17 - 
Today we put up our Explorers Club and Woman Geographers flags, 
in honor of the gathering of clan chiefs, town chiefs, soldiers and 
hunters. Chiefs of five sections were here, and we presented them all 
with tobacco. Boima Quae has issued orders that no farm work is to 
be done for two days, that all men must go out and collect animals for 
us. A formal presentation of a live sheep, a bowl of rice and six 
eggs was made to us by the Chief. 
Our porters, inspired by the big palaver, set to with a will 
making basket cages, closely woven of palm fiber and tied with rattan. 
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The German doctors arrived in the middle of the afternoon, 
full of news of new German victories in Europe, and confident that 
Hitler would shortly win the war. 
May 18 - 
We all set out in the morning for the neighboring town of 
Dambala, which was said to be an hour ’ s walk away. We made three of 
it, with Bill and Mr. Paul entomologising alonv the way, and the 
doctors hunting. It was Dr. Kahl's first bush trip, and he was ready 
to shoot at anything. The day's catch was one monkey, one souirrel, 
and two touracou. One touracou was hit, but only grazed; he fell 
to the ground, and the boys picked him up still ."live, with only a 
slight head wound. We are hoping that he will live, for >>e Is a 
"orgeous big blue bird, with bright orange aid red. beak, and re all v 
more like a South American macaw in size and color than any touracou 
I had ever seen before. 
