| Transcript |
- elephant - counted 36 of them including 3 old bulls and a large number
of young, some of them very small. We got close enough to get some good
photographs + then took off down the road looking for gerenuk. We were
most fortunate to come on a pair of them. Exquisite creatures, and watched
them for an hour as the male used his periorbitals for marking some sign
posts around his territory. They were alarmed by some loud snorts
from further up the hill + did no feeding
We then carried on to the Kenya border post on the main
road between Nairobi and Arusha + then toward Nairobi - On the
way we passed many herds of Masai cattle + closer to Nairobi huge
barren flats of acacia + grass. Here there were herds of the usual
game. It was most surprising to me to see large herds of game
Zebra, Tommy [Thompson] + Grants [gazelle] as well as giraffe + ostrich in
smaller numbers close alongside a main highway to a big city
Arrived in Nairobi about 13:30, got bathed + then went
down to the zoology building for mail.
June 30, 1967. Nairobi
At 8:30 met the rest of the conference visitors at
the New Stanly [Stanley] Hotel - a very good spot in the centre of the
city. Seems to be new, well appointed + comfortable. Arrivals
were Doug Clark, [ J.?] Crutchfield + Mrs., Peter Pearse, [John] Morton Boyd
Starker Leopold, Bill Longhurst + Tony de Vos [?] are here on
assignments.
We went to Nairobi Park + there met the director
Perez Olindo + then in 3 cars went thru [through] tour. My car
[Continued on page 29]
|
|---|
