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or up in front with both paws against the windshield, most of the way.  Bobo and Flomo had gone along with us, and Flomo held the duck which the Commissioner had dashed us, Bobo the monkey, and I the civet cat.

We stopped at the hospital where Bill had a cold shot, and then had tea with the Campbells.

April 24 - 

We made an inventory at the rice shed today of specimens on hand and ready to ship on the West Kebar the end of this week.  It totals up to 136 specimens, and of course that does not include antelopes and mongoose, which we are keeping here until later.  Roy will have charge of the following list however, and we are praying that most of the things will survive the voyage and reach New York alive.

1 pygmy hippo
4 chimpanzees
1 giant pangolin
2 small pangolins
2 water mongoose (Bill calls them Water Civets)
1 native ground hog
2 giant pouched rats
7 striped squirrels
1 potto
3 bush babies (galagos)
1 dormouse
9 sooty mangabeys
1 Liberian Diana
7 civet cats
1 linsang(small species of civet cat)
2 leopards
1 falcon
1 horned owl
3 hawks
2 rails
1 crested guinea fowl
6 hornbills
4 monitor lizards
3 species crocodile
20 land tortoises
12 vipers (Gabon and rhinoceros)
3 chameleons
3 black cobras
1 palm viper
30 miscellaneous snakes

It is not enough, as far as results of the expedition go, but it's not bad for a little over a month's collecting, and Bill feels more cheerful.  It is certainly enough to make a nice show at the Firestone exhibit in New York.

In the evening we had dinner at the Campbells, and spent a very pleasant evening.