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cassada snake, and two baby civet cats which drink milk from a 
syringe « 
Mr. Porte, a Kakata lawyer who has a retaining fee from 
the Firestone Company, started oat with us yesterday, but was unable 
to get carriers from town to town, and stayed yesterday in one of 
the first villages we came to. He got in about noon today, and we 
found him very useful in helping us bargain for animals and in 
explaining village gossip to us. A noisy meeting was in progress 
most of the day in the palaver kitchen next door to us, and Mr. 
Porte said it was "devil palaver 11 • 
We were having dinner, while rain poured down outside, 
when to our great surprise Dr. Tengwall arrived with a small caravan. 
He had promised to come up and spend the week end with us, but we 
had not looked for him so soon. We were delighted to have him, of 
course, and Charlie had made plenty of good country chop, but we 
couldn’t offer him the room we had expected him to have* However, 
the Paramount Chief said he could have a room in his house, and we 
proffered him the hospitality of our little green bathroom. 
April 12 - 
We went for a long walk this morning, with Bill finding 
red horn flies. Dr. Tengwall finding orchids, and Bernice saw a 
deer. Bob or went into the bush after it, but of course it had 
slipped away and there was no chance of catching it. Bill used his 
derris root in a stream, and got about a dozen different species 
of small fish including Panchax, other Cichlids, catfish, electric 
catfish, and Mormyridae and Protopterus. 
We inquired about the possibility of going to the base of 
the Gibi Mountain and making camp there for one night. Both Bill 
and Dr. T. are anxious to get into high bush and look for specimens 
at a higher altitude* The Chief said, however, that it would be 
very difficult, as the mountain is sacred, a place of worship and of 
sacrifice, and no outsider has ever been allowed to ascend it. He 
offered, however, to send for the Chief who lives in the village at 
the foot of the mountain, and ask him if we might come. We 
supposed that it was as good as settled, and wrote a note to George 
saying that we would stay here two days longer than we had planned 
to do • Jimmie Ho. 2 is to take the letter in the morning • 
This is the night of the new moon, and the village held 
an impromptu dance. It was mostly the men who danced, and the small 
boys, but a few women joined in the slow-moving line of jogging 
performers. It was not a particularly interesting performance, 
except for the long shadows cast by the lamp • The small boys were 
intrigued by their own shadows on the ground and did solo dances 
just to watch their own silhouettes. 
April 13 - 
We went collecting in the morning and again in the evening, 
but none of the trails here lead to high bush • It is all second 
growth for several miles in every direction. 1/e asked for the 
verdict on our mountain trip, and were turned down abso utely. After 
