Robert L. Yost 
Filed: Belgian Coggo 
August 13, 1955 
Air Mail 
Mr. Robert L. Yost 
American Consul 
c/o American Consulate General 
Leopoldville, Belgian Congo 
Dear Bob: 
With this is that little M shrimp* 1 paper in which I briefly mentioned 
your father as having collected some for us ( of . last line, p. 9j line 5, 
p. 22). It was indeed a surprise to meet his son, also an American Consul, 
on my first trip to Africa, still in quest of shrimp. The Museum records 
show that back in 1922 when we were trying to get specimens of the shrimp 
being commercially fished off Ouayraas, Mexico , that your father then 
Consul there, got 2 half-gallon jars full of crabs and shrimps and other 
marine life for us. Although he did not turn up any new species, he did 
secure specimens of each of nine different Crustacea, of which one had not 
been previously represented in our collections. I thought perhaps that I 
had met your father, but I guess it has not been the case unless he once 
dropped by the Museum to see me. 
The collecting gear, and specimens, that we forwarded by rail from 
Kampala to Nairobi for shipment home has just arrived in Washington but 
that crated black teles cope- case that I left with Mr. Walle at Cenwarran 
is still begged down somewhere between Leopoldville and Matadi. I found 
a letter billing me for storage on my desk when I got back to the office . 
I’ve forwarded a draft of double the amount to that outfit, asking that X 
be informed of any other charges pending which I offered to pay promptly,— 
anything to expedite it. 
That crate is addressed to the U. S. Despatch Agent, 1*5 Broadway, New 
York, and contains all of Baker’s Leopoldville mite collections, too valuable 
to lose, and also ray winter suit and hat that I wore out of icy New York 
and may need soon again — we are all praying for cooler weather because we’ve 
had a record breaking hot and humid July with early August promising more 
of the same. 
I got the shipment of film from the State Department last week and it 
is now being developed by the local Eastman processing laboratory. It’s 
got to be good after all the time and trouble it involved j will let you 
know as soon as it is returned to us. Dr. dexton said he would communicate 
with Mr. McGregor about the film and attendant matters, and the results 
