SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINGTON 25, D. C 
October 9, 1956 
It, 1. 
Aaisal l^dleiae Seotioa 
E. I* daPcat de mrnnrn & Ooi^my 
Stine Eaboratoiy 
Sewark, Belawar® 
Dear Mr. leOWiani 
With this is onr official ixjToice ^rering the ship- 
K 0 Kt of the 38 fest Indian soil sasples that I collected 
this spring la the wars® of an expedition sponsored \sif 
Mr. 4. araee Bredin, the 0«e gentl^an idnj »ade possible 
the aiithsonian Eaipeditioa to the Congo ifcieh retnrmd 
the sallies that %lf sas wrkinf with. I hare \iem 
in eowsnnicatioB with Dr. Wieeler in the Department of 
^ricnltBre, idio tells »e that he has also dropped yon a 
line ab^nt these sables whii^ he has permitted me to sei^ 
yon direct. 
I ^ hope that yoa may find something in these sam- 
ples, and I s« wondering if anything was turned wp in 
those fro® the Congo* lir. Bredin has asked »e several 
times if I had heard from Kr. Wit, bat I ta^w bow loi^ 
SOB© of these stadies take. In oar wrk there are seweral 
cases where the report followed collection of ttie aaterial 
by s<»Be twenty years, I wiiii yoa lack with what I have 
sent. 
Sinc^ely, 
Waldo L. Schmitt 
Head Carator 
Bepar^msnt of Zoology 
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