Dr. J.H, Redd, National Goological Park gist October 1969 
he would certainly weigh 500 lbs, but this of course is just 
a guess. He has proved to be the exception so far, in that he 
never even marked himself in any way and then a week after capture 
was completely eating lucerne and appears not to have lost any 
condition so far. He is now feeding from our hands quite happily 
but I somehow cannot believe that all is going ahead so well! 
The only problem is that he is also high up on the mountain and 
it 1s going to be a fantastic haul getting him out. But a bongo 
in the hand is better than two in the bush, and we will face 
that one when we come to it. 
I took compass bearings from marked references on the map 
and have plotted our positions and you will be much relieved to 
hear that our nearest camp is about half a mile to three quarters 
of a mile outside the Park (I certainly was relieved. ). 
One advantage of my flying is that I can now do navigation! 
. i have taken lots of photographs and have now again got 
some really good ones of the mountain etc., but have no photos 
as yet of the new bongo in the traps. Because of the necessity 
of keeping them quiet on the mountain the traps don't lend 
_ themselves to photography, being all grassed in and dark, but 
I do plan on getting some as soon as the animals are quiet 
enough, But 1 do think you will like the new photographs that 
I have taken of the countryside and camps in general and the 
men collecting fodder for the animals. I also plan to make a 
whole series of photographs in close up of the various plants 
which they eat, 
Also now that I have plotted the positions on the méep and 
now that the story for the National Geographic will be beginning 
to come together, I will soon paint the area in which we are 
working showing roughly the bongo movements. This last year 
we have learned a tremendous amount about the animals and I think 
at last 1 have discovered how to catch them. Looking back 
through records I don't think any other organisation or person 
has ever managed to catch four in one year, and I am convinced 
that I would be able to double this number given another year 
at it. 
I have taken a sample from a mineral lick which one of the 
bongo we caught was feeding on and it is being analysed. 
i am going back to camp tomorrow and I am just keeping my 
fingers epossed that all will be well when I get there. The 
three bongo are in a triangle on the mountain and it takes me 
a complete day to walk round all the traps. You will really 
enjoy it when you come out, but I would sug e 
est a little light 
