Bredin, Bruce 
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Box 87 
MilBdQgtOQ, B»l*we 
Beai* imioet 
Ta %im course of fonulstl&g tbs pleas for yosr Belgiso Coag© sj^etlltioB 
it ma «s by a Mr, Fred Barclay of tea Sspsra OhMdcal Gorapapy 
that the sariag of soil saaplss for their aotlblotle eoateat might prow wry 
tiortbtSbils. is a result w collected s<»ie 60 lots* These sere offered to 
the Sepera people oa our return, m set fortb io ray letter of Sept«tb^ 16 to 
Br. Ceorge W, Hast, Tice Presideat and sciwitifte director, mth a carbon of 
that letter I encltMse alw» a eoiy of the list of the saaples «5d his reply of 
HorcBber 7 to me. 
I bring this ssatter to your attention at this late date because I been 
since heard that the “DuPonts," or sose branch of that far flung organisation, 
had once been interested in soil samples for biotic assay. Is tluit still 'Wis 
case? If so , they should hare the opportunity of exeelniiig thwe sat^liMi 
before se nos approach anyone else. There was no «aQjectation of cashing in 
on the samples in a big siqr but if anything sere to dewlop certainly the 
Bredin Fui^ fcap eaqiloratlo® should derive some return fro® it* 
If you find that the “BoFoats* are not Interested I could folios »ist»# 
advice and aee Br. Welch, or do you think we should approach the fiejrek people 
first? l®i(»evw is approai^ied regardif^ these eamplea must be able to assuzs 
the Department of Agriculture that this unfumigat<^ Mitcrial sill be properly 
safeguardid befenre it sill be released. I shall be glad to send the samples 
to any BuPemt laboratoiy that i^ld be interested in them. 
As ths identifleatioa of ^ Coui^ specimens progresses se are fimlii^ 
s<^e thing# of scientific interest. Ihr. Ghace was telling a» of a rare cr^ 
that turned w iakB fhngMyifca coilectioiai, and rwarked that there 
must be mois int^rosti^ forms of life ^uin have yet been diaa>v^ed in that 
general area. The count of the mammals, rodents, ai»l bats mostly runs close 
to a hundred. I had not realised that u» gotten quite so many. 
Binearely, 
Waldo L. Seimiitt 
Head (hirator 
Departm^t of Eoology 
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