2I4 February 1955 
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It now bo happens tlu 
w « » will have opportunity of co 
nisa! (chiefly Invertebrate) life of the region j Dr* Edward Baker* 
1?. S. Department of Agriculture is chiefly interested in sites and 
» ?*rsct siiiii'iSl iiust* i^yseXi who wishes to get s nr imps end crabs* 
aotie fishj ard. Dr 
who benMea bdn n 
be oar official jfeotogrqpher* With his son as assistant, 
to keep a pfaotogr^hlc record of our travels and collecting, the 
:a* ram of the aninals and natives sees* The expedition* if we mt& 
it^thafc, has been made possible by a hr* and Mrs* Sredin of billing 
lliey had planned to accoiapany us* but new hope that they 
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wish to visit the research stations on our itinerary 
'g«ahi, Bukavu., and Jvira, and also the Garawba, 
If possible we ac 
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fe m>y 
g of course the 
we can nmt ambers of the scientific staffs, 
that may be maintained at these several pis 
we fW need for travel and collecting are being re 
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i examine collections 
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r* Baker 
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secure 
and shrews, and perhaps shoot a 
nection is to find s one assistant in the Congo 
skinning such of these aahaals as we ia^y catch, 
"borrow” such an assistant for our auto trip iron S 
1th to trap small 
Bur greatest problem in tl< 
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02* beyond? We would take care of 
travel and erae 
