| Description | His last letter was written in great haste. This letter is being written from Ngogwe, seventy miles from Entebbe. Today, Solomon arrived by air and to Wayland's surprise, visited his camp with O'Brien. Solomon apologised for not writing but assumed Wayland knew of his coming from O'Brien and hoped Wayland had no objection to his being there. Wayland responded by saying that he welcomed any qualified geologist and he felt that O'Brien could hardly handle the job he had undertaken, which O'Brien admitted. Wayland had formed the opinion that Solomon does not know the regime he is entering, supposing Wayland and O'Brien to be in close co-operation. The O'Brien-Hastings relationship causes comment. He notes Boswell's wire and letter to Solomon and thinks that Solomon would have been wise to wait for the letter. Solomon stressed co-operation, while O'Brien was in a state of nerves and said little. Wayland thinks it best that Solomon should go to Nsongezi to form his own opinion before discussion. O'Brien and Mrs. Hastings have elected to work in an area where Wayland has spent a considerable amount of time excavating and this is now a good area for easy collecting. O'Brien is upset that Wayland has asked for the return of tools on loan and that their effects and specimens can no longer be stored. The specimens will not be sent home to England, but to France. For the time being, Wayland will treat the Expedition as a private affair and he proposes to have the Government declare certain areas 'monuments' to close them from digging without permission. Solomon's archaeological memory may have caused him to be misled. |