DRAFT 
Dr. y. Van Straelen 
President de l*Institut des 
Parcs Kationaux du Congo Beige 
c/o IRSAC, 1»2, irue Montoyer 
Bruxelles, Belgium 
Ifear Dr. Van Straelen: 
A s - you ta aye’''iJg8n‘"rnTdm^ ^^e Snithsonian Institution is sponsoring 
the anithsonian-Bredin Expedition to the Belgian Congo for the purpose 
of collecting and studying primarily the invertebrate life of the region: 
the parasitic mites and ticks and their host plants and animals (rodents, 
shrews, bats, and perhaps in some cases, unpix>tected small birds), 
Crustacea, terrestrial and aquatic, as well as other arthropods, sheila, 
fish, and such herpetological specimens as may be permitted. 
The expeditionary party will consist of six people: a Mr. and Mrs. 
Bredin of Wilmington, Delaware j I^. Waldo L. Schmitt of this Institution, 
carcinologist ; Dr. Edward. Baker of the United States lepartment of 
Agriculture, acarologistj Ihr. Boy I^pian Sexton, medical consultant and 
photographer to the party, and his son Roy lyman Sexton, Jr. , who will 
assist his father. It so happens that Mr. and Mrs. Bredin find it 
Impossible to take part in the expedition at the outset as originally 
planned, but th^r have high Jiopes of being able to Join it at a later 
date in the field. 
