Filed: Belgian Congo 
Re Biotic assay 
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WT, A. S. 
Keirtlopre^Sft ^partBeat 
E. I. dii font tf® ieaxjiirs * Oo, 
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Deisr Kr. Bjesroioa* 
MJ-. irne© lr«dia iiM kindlsr £ormr^ at yow letttr of iovtabtr 21, 
eonceraiag th« toll saisples I gati^rtii lo Afrlc* for biotic 
jfbattver iRMrWi they aif hart for ®to, atdicint, the prcstlft of tbe .jaith- 
mnni an iftsfeltiitloo » dati tl»e eaKMBditioa tpoiitored kgr Mr. Srtdia, I iroold be 
very bappy to bare tbe® exaained »ao strings atts<^ed,« Witbeot proper exaal- 
nation are of »o nse to «Byor». 
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Therefcr®. irom the tenor of yoor letter that yon will accept 
t hw . for wtoich I m doXy fratefnl, I sball ask ftr. l^llis H. liieeler, ^ S, 
pepartaent of Agricdtore, in wtoc^e custex^ the oaaples still are, to get to 
touch with you at his early oonwnience. 
Bio—asseys are estpensiwe aod tiae mMosuaing and neither the- I^titutioo 
wr welf is in a position to laadertake th«. In the copies of the previous 
ettera wrlttan about Utm9 saai}l«a-'-whi«to copies Mr. Bredin passed on to you~- 
iwas not specifically asking for any financial return, tough I did ^r®i8 
nop® \hat the Institution and its Bredin ?«*d for foqploJEution aight merit 
^iiae eoi^iberation in case worthwhile di8<»v^le8 tould develop. % to way, 
tb»se 'wirbon copies, aside fre® the enclosed list of ssB^les, be of aiy 
'tfawl3ie to yotsr files? 
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'^ifKLeaee rest assured tot no ••strings’* whatsoever are attached to to 
"’i^les which you will receive in due course to® Br. toeler. 
■,n.Tjrmnr is that thi^ .Kaj pTom ««>rth your time sod interest and perhaps 
~|f^l4 ii‘'»ew and useful aatibiotie preparation. 
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"'■' Sincerely, 
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yaldo L. Schmitt 
Head Curator 
ikspartraent of Zoology 
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