Journal 9, 1971

Topics: weather, meals, animal sightings (elephants, lions, puka, impalas, giraffes, mongooses, warthogs, zebras, buffalo, waterbucks, sables, crocodiles, hippos, cheetahs, jackals, ostriches, etc.), and animals killed.

Locations: Luangwa, Lusaka, Kafue, Chobe, Savuti, Khwai, Moremi, Wankie, Salisbury, Matopos, Shangani, Umtali, Gorongoza, Beira, Lisbon, and Bulawayo

People: Romaine Tabler (wife), Dr. Pinhey (curator), M. J. Kimberley (secretary of the Rhodesiana Society), Sir Robert Tredgold, Lady Tredgold, and E.E. Burkes (archivist).

Special events: trip to South-Central Africa (sightseeing), a museum visit, induction into the Rhodesiana Society, Lady Tredgold’s death (July 30, 1972), and a large grass fire.

Additional material: a Wankie National Park map, newspaper clippings, a Mana Pools Game Reserve map, a Gorongosa National Game Reserve brochure (regulations/map), and a complete original list of occurrences out of the ordinary on pages [49]-[50] (such as: being chased by an elephant, sighting a vulture being attacked, sighting an injured giraffe, sighting a dead guineafowl, and sighting lions stalking a buffalo bull, among others.