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endemic crop plants as well as introduced ones* The diseases to which 
they may be subject; the nature of the soil, physiology of plant, useful 
and harniful insects and about everything in the way of agricultural 
science that you can think of the staff is not large, but it is made 
up of a lot of enthusiastic hard working young men* After Dr* Baker 
and the young man who has made a beginning with the local soil mites 
(yes, they are everywhere) Dr* Maldague got together, that*s the last 
we saw of Baker* Dr* Baker started helping with him with his identi- 
fications and I do not know how late they stayed in the lab* We are 
each in a little individual guest house, each with double bed* Though 
I*ve seen no mosquitoes we were advised to sleep under the net with 
which each bed is provided* 
The station grounds cover about 50,000 acres; we just had a quick 
tour of area )z( about the laboratories and guest houses not far from 
the landing place and yet spread ever considerable territory* The site 
is a marvelous one, partly on a high bluff rising above the shore, with 
a view up and down the Congo ; the site was chosen because it was at 
the meeting point of two diverse types of soil, two geologic formations 
coming together here* Though the guest houses overlook a portion of 
the river, the staff residences have the finest view it reninds me of 
that o^t Vernon out over the Potomac, but here from river up everything 
is on a grander(scenic scale)* You’ll eventually see photos of this 
and all else that the Sexton’s have taken for the expedition* They 
keep their cameras busy* --Motor boats are available; if one had time 
to take a trip you could visit the islands down the river a-ways 
where there is a family group of hippos. Bu:| for the palm trees and 
a few others, you could be back home looking down the Hudson or the 
Potomac from a conmanding site, overlooking well forested shores. 
