Greene, H. 1990 October 28 days. I say "We say smoke follows beauty." Vincent (continued) replies, "We say smoke follows are who defecates too close to the trail." Heavy rain from 1700 hr til after 2100hr, and the stream that runs along SE border of swamp (in it - so this is really a marsh) is going fast. Bob & I went out into the swamp ~1 km SE of our camp and got more frogs plus 2 chameleons that are not the three-horned C. johnstoni we've been catching. Vincent and I walked the trail along SE edge of swamp from 2000 - 2100 hr but caught only a Leptopelis kiruensis. I fell into wet boots in an area of elephant tracks and water, to over my knees, finally pulled out w/ help of a good walking stick Vincent cut me this afternoon, and then was pretty cold w/ a boot full of water and mud. Later, back at the fire it all seemed so almost primal: around a sheltered fire in the African night, overlooking a swamp frequented by elephants, reeking of smoke intertwined w/ our own odors, surrounded by a dark hard rain. Helps one imagine the consequences of inventing fire! Bob Drewes and I lapsed into a conversation about the movie "Quest for Fire." October 29 Partly cloudy, some blue sky, a few scattered frogs calling when we awoke at 0700hr. Bob has already explained to us that throughout Africa people believe firmly that chameleons have a deadly bite and will not touch them; and that the reason we can let them bite us is that we are white. Now he convinces Dennis (student from university in Kampala) to hold one