very fortunate in one way, — that you were not directly facing the 
caiacra. This obviates the difficulty of having to synchronize the 
sound with movement of your lips. Those three rolls of film and 
the accompanying tape will be about the last thing that we tackle 
for two reasons — one, they might be used to form a small reel, 
complete in itself j the other, we may need them to fill out our 
eventual 3200 feet because of the losses we sustained though fog. 
I may not have my ultimate footage correct but the Geographic 
lectures run exactly and, I might add, precisely, an hour and ten 
minutes. The Society is very arbitraiy about the time limit. 
The manffijal people are very enthusiastic about the few things 
I brought hme in their line and not the least of those collections 
are the bats that you obtained for us, 
1 had hoped that Hr, Bredin would want to come back to Africa 
himself this next year but he is taking a side trip to the West 
Indies, Four of us, all frcsn the &iith3onian this time, are going 
with him on a six weeks cruise with motor-sailer from St. Thcsaas to 
Barbados, giving our attention primarily to the more rarely visited 
islands. It sounds good but I must confess that I have a hankering 
to visit that forest reserve to the north of you in company with 
you as our guides. Maybe we will get the chance another year. 
Here’s hopingl 
The kindest of regards and best wishes to you both and to the 
many mutual friends that we have at Lwiro and in the Belgian Congo. 
Fare you well always, 
Sincerely, 
Waldo L. Schmitt 
Head Curator 
Department of Zoology 
Encs. 
WlSsvb 
