Bukavu mailing of 5Ali/55»oont. 
fishy young and other than oomraercial species and a few shrimp. Most 
of our work here was done in the rain,— one of the few dasrs so far 
that we've been a little inconvenienced by it w spent the afternoon 
headed for Mont Hoyo and its famed (in Africa) grottoes j-they are 
mentioned in the Guide I sent you. 
The latter part of the road to Mt. Hoyo was through dense dark 
forest. Crossing the road in one place was a column of army ants, 
swaarming through rows of protecting warriors y were the workers. Even 
stepping over them had its minor risks. One or more of the warriors 
or soldier caste may get on your shoes and climb up. I got one bite 
in the back and Baker tried collecting (scooping up) a few in a 
work 
vial got nipped in the finger, dropping the vial, but for quick/on 
the part of a native standing by we would have lost th^ (the ants 
in the vial) and he got several nips before he got the lid on. Plastic 
vials yidiich we are carrying, have little caps instead of stoppers or 
corks. This matter of natives — ^you can stop nowhere, or scarcely ever 
but two or three or a village full collects about you. They are 
onnipresent , huts in the woods and in the open every little stretch, 
near to, or further from the road. Miybe their ears are exceedingly 
sharp, their eyes keen. They must be, for they alwsys turn up. Often 
to be of some assistance, as with these ants, with hauling our little 
seine, and even giving you distances or directions— there are few road 
signs in sme parts of the Cor^o (more and better in others though) 
and our driver between French and English speaks at least two of the 
commoner native languages of which Swahili is the principal one. One 
time we had trouble with battery and starting and the passing natives 
helped with a push. Also natives are always traveling the road, with 
produce, firewood, jugs, jars, aixi gourds of water, bowls, pots, and 
