Now let me explain briefly about these field assistants for anyone reading this story who might be curious on their account.

Vasco, a small, striking field assistant with flaming eyes and a big heart, was waiting for us.

I was a field assistant working in temperatures of 50-below zero.

During the battle he served as field assistant to a division commanded by Balbiani.

Five field assistants came with us to help carry all our gear into the forest.

He was calling to the field assistants who were already out in the forest, with the chimpanzees.

They purchased equipment, planned the work and trained their field assistants to carry out the surveys.

The Talamasca has many such field assistants throughout the world.

It was the field assistants' department, so to speak.

And from there we set out with the field assistants in two wellstocked jeeps.