make no commitments with Thornton, pending advice from you. I'm asking 
him for recommendations and estimates only. For these I am prepared to 
pay at an appropriate time so that there may be no unhappy thoughts left 
behind. Friedmann said you might be travelling about for sometime. 
That is why Thornton is also being addressed, not personally, but by the 
foreign travel department of the American Automobile Association which 
gave me this enclosed itinerary and much other useful information. We are 
also asking Thornton what it would cost for the autos, the personnel, and 
gear mentioned above, for a tour of the same duration but with an itinerary 
to be determined as the trip progresses, . .Also, his rates for a one month's 
tour and per week beyond that month, 
I know I've asked you a lot of questions, for which forgive me. For 
idiatever comment you may have time I shall be most grateful. 
Permits for collecting and importation of collecting gear, a field 
gun or collecting pistol, and ammunition, we expect to bequest through 
the Brabassy here in Washington? permits for bringing in our material, 
including herbarium specimens, will be requested of our own Department of 
Agriculture. There's a lot I don't know and a lot I'll have to learn the 
hard way after we land in your part of the world. 
ysj best to you. 
Sincerely, 
Waldo L. Schmitt 
Head Curator 
Dept, of Zoology 
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