Pretmsor B, R. Baylor 
February 21, 195$ 
Baylor, E. R, 
Filed; Belgian Congo 
r^partraeut of Zoology 
Bniversitj of MicWgan 
Aon Arljor, Michigan 
Pear Professor Bi^lor* 
I liave read your des<Eriptioij af a ijiiysiolegical light trap, 
ifl^Ecology* for Jaauaiy' 1953 (pp. 223-22l») , with a great deal of 
interest. It so happens tiiat I 'will aaire an opportunity ©f 
visiting the Bel^rlan Congo this coairig April and: 14*^ and, in order 
to increase lay collecting average for Crustacea, I mold like to 
inave two, three, or four of ti»e traps that yon design, frankly, 
I haven’t the ttee tcs either build or experiisent vttii one prior 
to going and I ®r lioping that you can either build or Irand m 
several cf these li^t traps, I will be glad to pay both cost 
and labor in their construction, Itie battffries %^»ld not need to 
be provided but I would like to have the tubes, corks, funnels, 
ligxit bulbs, and so forth, fitted and ready for use as soon as 
batteries are attached. Any help that you could give me in this 
connection would be keenly appreciated, I can either pay in 
advance for material and Icfcor or upon the suteission of a bill* 
If it is .rKJsaible for you 'to acajsiigodate »e with t!’ie traps 
I would like to have the® not later than March 15, Pardon 
haste with this order but it is om of tije arast proBising collect- 
ing devices for fresh water plankton that I have seen in many a 
di^. 
ineerely yours. 
lialdo L. bchmitt 
Head Curator 
Fept. of Zoology 
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