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Greene, H.
1990
November 6 (continued)
re-orienting their tarp. Rain finally stops ≈1545hr,
just as Jan returns bringing Bob's friend, a writer
for Outside magazine, Michael McCray. Back to our
specimens from last night. Clouds up heavily as we
wait for dinner, ≈1830-1900hr, w/ some wind and it
seems chilly. Big groups of hornbills w/ bright
white and black wings fly into the Gorge below as-
the bird species Jan has been studying for 10 years, so she
is really excited to see them. We went into Ishasha
Gorge ≈2045-2210hr, and worked along the big river
and also the smaller Kabonga River, in which Jens
got 2 Rana angolensis and 2 Hylarana. Benjamin
Boyanda, a Game Guard that joined us for this trip,
went w/ me along the Ishasha. We walked across a big
treefall along the river, and on the way back Benjamin
said it was too dangerous and we cut new trail
around it. The big river is boiling and brown. The
trail down is almost vertical through rocky clefts,
and Bob hurt his hand in a fall; takes ≈15 minutes to
go up. I slept well, but like several other nights recently,
I had long, detailed, weird dreams—something I almost
never do in the U.S.
November 7
Partly cloudy and hot by 0800hr, and 5 locals come to
offer us a big rooster - there was much bickering, and
I thought Steven the senior game guard was insulting
the chicken's character in order to lower the price. Late,
Jens speculated that since they were speaking in