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Mpingo, 8 km from main<br />

road.<br />

we could not camp there becauswe it was too far from<br />

the forest. Then we went back to Mpingo and took a<br />

different route, but the camp site threw would have been<br />

a 5 km walk to the forest. We went to Mpingo, crossed<br />

the dry river bed and made a camp in the village where<br />

we could get water from a well: Camp set at 37L<br />

0542545, UTM 8930845; no traplines set on this day.<br />

01 Oct Traps set, Matapwa village<br />

camp site;<br />

02 Oct Mist nets set; Botanists set<br />

transects to the sw<br />

Botanists found elephant kills; one was a tuskless animal<br />

so perhaps they were killed for meat rather than only<br />

ivory.<br />

03 Oct Sampling continued<br />

04 Oct Sampling continued<br />

05 Oct Sampling continued<br />

06 Oct Trap lines closed and traps<br />

washed and packed<br />

Others drove to Kilwa to return maps to WWF and to<br />

briefly visit Pindiro forest areas<br />

07 Oct Drove back to Dar, left<br />

about 0800 hrs, arrived in<br />

Dar ca 2000 hrs.<br />

20 Nov Flew through <strong>Coastal</strong><br />

Aviation to Unguja<br />

21 Nov Meeting with WCS<br />

representative<br />

K.M. Howell, C. Msuya, C. Mligo<br />

Met with Dr. T. Davenport to discuss Zanzibar and<br />

Pemba forest status and activities<br />

22 Nov Visit to Jozani and environs Our planned night time fieldwork to detect the endemic<br />

frog Kassina jozani had to be cancelled<br />

23 Nov Flew back to Dar es Salaam<br />

We were not able to visit Matumbi or Rondo due to limitations (see above)<br />

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