U/ll/55, cont. 
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if the salesman, artist, or dealer as the case may be doesn’t come after 
you. The ivory figures were held at 1100 and 1000 frs. but I finally 
got them for It^O each ($9.00). I shall pack these with several pcs 
of unwanted equipment and clothing I’m sending to the Museum ty ship. 
Due course I'll get them into your hands okay, with what else of interest 
I can pick up. Staaleyville has similar ’•markets.” This one is held 
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©V6ry night b 0 tw 00 n 6 or 7 9 or 10 peia* 
Xou had the right idea going by ship. Wish I'd held to it. The 
transition from cold to hot is too sudden for comfort by plane. lou're 
loaded down with winter clothes, and have to take several hours getting 
through customs, even with a special passport. The Sextons suffered 
too on the hottest day of the week, ^sfhe nights are delightful 
remarkably cool and comfortable you often need a sheet and Baker 
occasionally has reached for a light blanket before morning. Stanleyville 
is said to be more humid but beyond it gets more temperate, and cooler. 
Everyone tells me that April and May are the best months for photograpiqrj 
you picked the ideal time ,^[onight ^hil e^wi ^ing^ at_ J;hi^ we had our 
first heavy (tropicil) rain, and before that just a half-day drizzle 
for which very few people put on raincoats. ^The'v^ 
^ drives auto, 
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doesn't own on^^^sut-ofLci 
So far as shrimps go here I've drawn a blank but Dr. Baker has 
reaped a grand harvest of plant mites, marly are undoubted new species, 
and others represent species and genera he knows but has never seen 
before in the flesh. He says we should have an important contribution 
describing the new mites out in say six months after our return. Every 
plant in town and out has its parasitic mites. Thus they are easy to 
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