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Heene, H.
1990
October 30
along the road, at least 3 black and white colobus
(COltiNued)
monkeys jumping from tree to tree, acrobatics remin-
iscent of New World spider monkeys. At 1613 I caught
a ? Bufo kizoloensis hopping beside the road in leaves
and moss, into which she sought refuge. At 1628h
we spotted an adult 0 adolus on an east facing
rock face beside road ~2.1m up, which went in
an adjacent (~3cm) hole in the rock. At 1730h
w/in ~10 minutes we were surrounded by flying
termites, and wondering why no birds were after them.
At 1800 h there was a sudden hard, dark shower.
Reading leaves of Grass, which she loaned me, I
wondered where and who Wendy Roberts was when she
read various parts of this - I must ask her. After
dark Bob gave a spirited slide show on African
herps which elicited many questions and comments
from the Ugandans. Dinner w/Jan and Tom, then we
returned to find our house swarming w/ driver ants!
October 31 Cold, hard rain when we gradually stumbled out between
0630-0730h. Ants everywhere - there is much
stomping, cursing, sweeping, spreading of ashes
etc. as we have coffee and bread. The rain turns
into a real storm that lasts most of the day - our house is
very cold (~10-12°C) and we huddle, drink tea, our
breath steaming and chat - frustrated at being pinned
inside. Sun finally breaks out ~1630h and we take
still more photos of the Virunga volcanoes to the SE, swatted