Hendricks, Mr, 
Filed: Belgian Congo 
illR MIL 
Di rector /d^ 
Malimgu, Belgian Congo 
Dear Dim Hendrickx: 
2ij. Febmary 
1 believe j’-ou have heard from Dr. Jadin or Dr. Grandjean, or 
both, regarding our impending visit to the Belgian Congo,' and that 
wejiopa there to collect ejqjecially mites, ticks, plant as well as 
animal parasites, and their hosts j as well as other terrestrial and 
aquatic invertebrates, shells, shrimp, crabs, amphipods, isopods, 
and perhaps also a lew fisii. ii-S we go along a Di‘. Roy Lyxiiiin Sexton 
mil keep a photographic record of oixr travels and other operations. 
Our party other than myself (interested in trie Crustacea) consists 
of Dr. Sexton mentioned above, his san as photocprapher's assistant, 
and Dr. Ldxfara Baker, an acaro legist, lent by oui* U. S. Department of 
Agriculture to this Smithsonian Institution expedition. 
We wxoect to anlve in Bukavu about May 13th after having been 
firsXi to LeopoldvruLle, and Sianl^rville. Fi’om the latter place we 
shall be travelling by auto through the north of the Congo and down 
thi-ough, and along the Albert Park and the Ljices to Bukavu. ffiiile 
here, we want to visit your station at Malungu—Ishibati Farm, We 
also want to see Dr, Chapin at his Farrii, Is Luviro ajiother place 
we sho’lld also visit? 
Official permission to make collections of the an 3 Ja.tas and 
plants in vdiich we are interested mil be requested by the aaith- 
sonimi Institution of the Belgian Goverment . I shall -sjrite you 
again as oui* plar'.s mature, especialj^y regarding our arrival date 
iri B’okavu. 
With kindest regards. 
Sincerely, 
Waldo L. Schmitt 
Head Curator 
Dept, of Zoology 
