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Greene, H.
1990
November 14 all she was thinking of was the prospect (and
(continued) probably the memory) of a mouse on the trail
below. At 0730hr a tremendous racket erupted
from forest below us (toward Mubwindi
Swamp), a nearly chimp troop waking up. No
telling what they were thinking about! Left
Ruhyinga at 0900 hr, lunch in Mbarara at 1500hr
(little bananas on the way) - chicken and rice,
including 3 human hairs and a feather! People
ride bicycles everywhere here, carrying huge loads
of charcoal, bananas, large sacks of potatoes
etc. - and today on the road to Kampala
I saw a young man w/ an adult coffin (empty?)
on his rear bike rack, crosswise - a simple
wooden crate, painted light lavender the color
of dyed Easter eggs! Mike, on the way to
Ruhyinga, saw a corpse rolled in a rug on
the back of a bike. We arrived at John Mitchell's
house in Kampala At 2030 hr after a last 1-1/2 hr
of very rough driving - no shoulder, literally
thousands of people in the sidewalks in total
darkness, the glare of oncoming headlights and
crazy drivers - and we 5 jammed in tight
w/ pack's between our legs and on our legs.
November 15 Bacon and eggs for breakfast, then to CARE office
and to the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife
to chase down Moses Okwa, Head of the