Greene, H. 1970 November 4 (continued) of something that looks like sphagnum moss to me, but Wilhelm thinks it's actually a grass, interspersed by widely scattered 3-4m high trees themselves saggng w/ darker moss. Vincent makes rope out of sapling bark, uses grass to scour plates and cooking pots, and makes good toast by skewering mouldy bread vertically on small peeled branches. As we finish rice and beans and clouds come over at noon, Vincent suddenly jumps up and shows us the remains of an old poacher's snare right in front of our camp - probably for duikers he says. We break camp and start the hike back to Buhoma ~1230h and at 1250h, just over the crest ~6200'el. I catch a Bufo beside the trail. Took a different trail down, even steeper but shaded as we were always in forest - whereas trail up was in full sun of cleared land for first hour or so and second growth for sometime hereafter. Vincent showed me to use my walking stick w/ the foot going forward - opposite of my inclination but more effective. Buhoma, Bwindi Forest Reserve, Rukungiri Dist., Uganda Bob and I walked into camp 1505h, the last 30 minutes in a real downpour. This AM Jens and Jim found a hatchling Dasypeltis extra (obvious umbilical scar) climbing the stem of a recently cut leafy plant in the middle of the 2-track to our camps; its only response to my hand is slow crawling (it is opaque-eyed, in pre-shedding condition). This AM they also found a quiescent