Field notes, v1307
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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