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Search of these. We located
them only then call but when
under the trees they were in
our movements frightened them
away. I saw the alarm
of aptring brand & foot swings
from the tree, at a fast
rate for foot for our guns
to overtake. The black g gib.
came later at 150 yds. but
he got bolted out of sight in
a few seconds before ashor
could be obtained. No
more seen or heard nor
were returned as 10 AM today.
Just below our camp is the a
clearing in the forest where
Siso family have under
cultivation potatoes, Satecom
or maize is planted in these
same fields as forms their chief
crop.
(5) Today I was lucky &
shot a black g gibbon which
I discovered clinging motionless
to an upright tree branch on a
leafy tree in the dense forest
behind camp. There were one
other gibbon with this one but
it got away unharmed as I was