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Wed. Jan. 2: Day spent on a visit to the Highlands,
with John Womansley on the D.C. which
The government plans to do a round of the population every
Wednesday. Left for at 7:30, I landed at Tanaka
from 10-50 mm. rain. The Thibetian of Birmingham met
me at the airport. Tanaka is in the centre of an area in
which, Scotland over many years, is covered by several
air drones, coffee is being grown by Europeans. Country
is almost entirely deforested except for a few trees along
riverbanks & a ravine. Many native population living in
their own houses. I wonder that the older plantations are
just about coming into full bearing; this is a critical
item for the growing industry (A visiting expert reported to
the local council).
From Tanaka we flew to MONTI, passing over the
Thimba valley & part. Nalima on the way. Minj is in
the great Mwagi Valley, at ca. 3500 ft. Women live in small
huts & both men & women wear a sort of shawls of
native cloth. Some cocoa plantings. (Probably more state
for European government in the Mwagi than in the Tanaka
area). I saw the team of a Travel Room from the ABO of
Minj & drove across the valley to NORDUCL, a distance
of about 15 miles, by fairly good clay-covered road. At
Nordugl, the goat & the Edward Mathew leave a
small project in sheep raising. Have ca. 1000 head of
Romney Marsh breed in charge of Frank Penable-Smith
of the Dept. of African culture. Various flukes have been
involving in their rotation of grazing, on small paddocks,
more practical to control the flukes. The original object
was to introduce sheep into this grassy valley in an
African theme for the natives, but the natives have
shown no interest.
A wildlife section of Nordugl is in charge of Thom
Magu with a private collection of birds & mammals. This is
a private project of Notelum. Magu has been in charge
for 3 years. It thoroughly equipped up in his charges. The
property has been well developed with big cages, ponds, &
plantings for the little shells & ornament. Many of
which of parrots and doves will be captive. Then an
African duck. 8 No. of Bichicolores, Tama pipiens,
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