Bukavu mailing of 5/lJi/55, cont. 
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Ishango is a really unspoiled place. We visited the lake fishery 
(Lake Edward) and obtained more fish specimens, but they are like those 
of Lake Albert, as the lakes are connected by the Semliki river, the 
waters of which after passing through Lake Albert, supply a considerable 
part of the water flowing down the Kile. The river at Ishango must 
have a herd of 70-100 hippos in it, rig^it out in front of the bluff 
on which the guest houses sit. There are no end of water birds on 
islets in the river, or shore, and perched on the baliks of stsae of 
the hippos. S<»ne of the jla tter wander quite a wsgrs on shore and up 
the hillside. surprised one not far from our sleeping quarters. 
We had the afternoon of the 6th and morning of the 7th in the Park, 
with a native guide of course, and got movie shots of several elephants, 
water buffalo, water bucks, and hippt^, The female of a pair of 
elephants, which we were able to photo fairly close up, got too curious 
about us but was scwie slapped and pushed by the mate. I believe we 
have this bit An film for you. ifere again, as at Hoyo we hated to 
leave, CSangala, Oararaba Park, Mt. Hoyo, and Ishango are places to spend 
scane time. Glean, but primitive, ai5d down to earth, 
Mutwanga is nice hotel type of place to vacation, but for us seemed 
to offer little except for the Kt. climbing. The big thing here is 
the ascent of Ruwenzori, a six day affair up and back. I*d be tempted 
to try it if I had nothing else to do. We did not see the mountain 
for clouds while at Mutwanga but it has a pretty setting and view among 
the foothills of the rats, proper. 
The night of the 7th we slept in Beni, another indifferent place 
which I would skip another time except for a meal enroute in order to 
reach Butembol However, Beni was the base for visiting the pygmy village 
not too far away, Th^ se«B (ran off side of tablet on this margin as 
you can see) happy enough, but ap ear to have more squalid surroundings 
