Filed: Belgian Congo 
Dr. Fred Barclay , Napera Chem 
(sMl samples) 
October 7, 1955 
Dr. FVed A. Barclay 
Hg^pera Chmieal Compai^r 
tonkera 2, Um Tork 
Dear IT. Barclar* 
Tou will recall »y little visit vdth yoa at the Co»aos Club when 
you ware there as Dr. Killip’s guest. I profited by your very fruitful 
suggestion to the extent of collecting scss© odd soil samples, ®08t3l^ 
in the Belgian Congo, a few near the bead waters of navigation on the 
Nile. I wrote to Ihr, Mast, whose address you gave me at the time, on 
Sept^ber 16 but have not heard frcas him. People are busy going on 
vacation and are off on trips and so I should perhaps not be making 
this inquiry but you know the gay that comes back from an expedition 
is always anxious to see his results worked up before anybody else’s. 
If you folks are not in a position to handle the sai^les please 
let me kmn so that I can p9tm them on to others. Quite naturally I 
ej^ressed t'm hop® tt»at if BBythihg really worthwhile were to be 
developed frc® ®y saepIvS the SBithsoalan would be given ame reasonable 
share of the parofits. This is with the idea of replenishing the Bredin 
Fund of the Institution which made our es^dition possible in the first 
place. I m not getting unisajjpy but I am anxious to see the work moved 
along. 
The last word fro® Killip, received through the folks over in the 
hert>arium, is good. He is enjoying life as usual and perhaps more so 
because this is the first early fall that I have not seen Mm here in 
Washington. I think it was last September or October that I met you 
with Mm at the dub. ’ 
My best to you. 
Sincerely, 
Waldo 1. ScMsitt 
Head Curator 
Department of Zoology 
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