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C. Kofurd
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Journal
12 August 1965 Mr. Nairobi, Kenya
talk glowingly of Jane Goodall & her continuing (?) studies of chimps m.
Kigoro. Lesley in good health & humor, talkative; I was impressed
w. his broad interests & knowledge. | Coffee & tea growing nr. Nairobi.
13 August 1965. Spent about 2 hrs. in late afternoon in Nairobi
Nall Park, 10 miles from Nairobi. Mostly grass plains or rolling;
some wooded areas. Saw gazelle, Thomson's g., hartebeest, quass,
wast leg, giraffe (1 seen only), eland (1 seen only; nr.
giraffes - climb on cars; only 1 troop?), hippos (4 in 1
pool), vultus (nr. hippo pool), marshies. Ostrich fairly
common; or ? salve, a mostly. Dunica fowl flock; from-
olive & bustard in pairs | Probably some regulation of numbers
though seasonal. Hedged tree & shrubs, but no severe over-
grazing. One jackal seen; it rolled in (dung urine ?).
14 August 1965. Departed 0915 by train for Kampala, a
24 hr. ride, going across Rift Valley & over 9,100 ft.
level. Cattle, cornfields, planted eucalyptus & pine & other
conifers, patcher forest, occas. native towns. Drive across
Rift Valley, & 2-3 large lakes seen. Few birds seen, & no
wild mammals.
15 August 1965. Sunday. Arrived Kampala. To Makere Univ.
Coll. & met Dr. Jane Thornton, & John T. Powell, Owen, & others.
Dr. Delaney in Rd. dept. Stayed at Chris' guest house. | Climate
[?] warm & muggy; Puerto Rico- like. Pesto (fruit) said to hang
in eucalyptus at same seasons.
16 - 18 Aug. 1965. Business & shopping in Kampala.
19 Aug. 1965. Obtained 1960 Holden station wagon thru Cooper