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Belgian Congo 
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Dr. F. L. Hendrickx 
Director de I'INRAC 
Malungu, Belgian Congo 
}ty dear 
Our Dr. Waldo L. Scteitt has written you briefly regarding his 
impending visit to the Belgian Congo with a small group representing 
this Institution on the Snithsonian-Bredin Expedition. The expedi- 
tion is primarily interested in collecting and studying the inverte- 
brate life of the Congo, chiefly mites and ticks, their host plants 
and animals, Brustacea and other small forms of life. It is hoped 
that it may be possible for you to acco/rsnodate them in the guest 
house or houses at your station for two nights about April 23 and 
2ht Should there be any change in the expedition’s plans. Dr. 
Schmitt will apprise you at the very earliest opportunity, and 
otherwise inform you of the pirogress of the party. The party, as 
at present constituted, consists of four people; Dr. Schmitt, Dr, 
Edward Baker, acarologist of the United States Department of 
Agriculture, and Dr. Roy I^nnan Sexton, physician and photographer, 
and his son, Roy Lyman Sexton, Jr., as assistant photographer. They 
will be travelling in two automobiles, with chauffers and a guide 
provided by Mr. Fric Thornton-Dailly of Bukavu. 
Ai^ assistance or courtesies expended to the party would be 
much predated by this Institution. 
Cordially yours, 
Leonard Camiiciiael 
Secretary 
