Field notes, v1408
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Journal 23 October 1965 N. Mt Kadom, Karawoja, Uganda. and a tiny (3"x6"seat?) 3-legged stool in my hand. Some mount ain ornament, tribal manner, skin clothing - rather primitive, only 60 mi. from Mbale. | Road close to mt. on N. side. Scattered trees down slopes, & forest patches on higher slopes, but mostly cliffs, many vertical - fascinating but difficult mountain.|Returned to Mbale & drove on to camp 20 miles toward Jinja from Molo, in small forest of 50' trees. Hard rain late afternoon. Sunday 24 October 1965, Sunshine & broken clouds. A group of 7 men coden w. rope nets, sticks, spears, walked by our camp - poach- ers? or monkey trappers? Marleys probably here, tho saw none. Many bird cells - turacos, hornbills. | An area on Kadom, many sattle, mostly white zulus w. riles prominent, herded by robed black dogp. Cuphobia tree some sites. Saw no game outside of preserves. 25 October 1965. Drove to Kampala. Camped Entebbe. Entebbe, Uganda 25 October 1965. Visited F.R. Mann of Verrets (E.A.), monkey collecting company. Formerly operated in Kenya (Nairobi). Ships mostly vervete (to 600/mo.), but has some Brazzees, redtails, in cages. Ruts injured & some speese on small offshore island near airport. Has 10+ fish cages in cage. Helped Dr. Vickers of Zedele make a film in Kenya, Willing to collect special material. Says white dute tails of others & selus, injure selves if cage too large. Ships to Berlin (Germany), Stockholm, Japan mostly; also to USSR & U.S. drug cos. Operator by setting up camps, shows locals (to 200) how to make box traps of sticks or wire, pays 5 sh. each for marleys. Vervete caught w. wid box traps, not nets. Friendly, German, about 55 yrs. |At Kampala]