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(there are 12 of them) have to be t^ened In Matadt?, Leopoldville?, 
or can they be seat in bond, or at least foihmrdod to Stanleyville 
to be opemd fca* Inspection there before the prcqper officials if 
opening be deemed mcessary? For those bcoces to raaain in Leopc^d- 
ville (or Matadi) till m get there would be fatal* They must get 
to Stanleyville by the 17th, if humariLy possible, if we are to do 
the collecting we have planmd and hope to accongslish. 
Just in case, I m sending you herewith a key that fits tte 
locks to these several chests, and especially because thOTe is one 
chest that I must si^ you to open before it is shipped up river. 
It is much the smallest of the lot, #12, contain!!^ -ttie amrsanition 
we hope to tise in the long-barrelled collecting pistols we are 
brii^ing along. It is in two lots in this #12 chest or box. Tl® 
upperuKjst canvas bag with anything in it is marked ”for Leopoldville, 
and if I remOTber correctly, contains U boxes of "lilO” shells and 3 
of c<»iKn®‘cial long rifle 22 »s, all containing small or "dust" shot. 
Down nearer the bottom of this little chest is another canvas bag 
marked “for Stanleyville" which contaim 6 boxes of the I4l0*s and 
also 3 of the 22 *s. The chest and these last ("for Stanleyville") 
should go on to Stanloyville with ttie other eleven chests. If 
th^e is any cjuestion about aBmainition, hold it till we get to see 
you, but I do hope that tliat nsaxked for Stanleyville can go forward, 
and that you will hold out Ibat intended for use in the vicinity of 
Leopoldville. I guess by the ti» you ♦ ve read all this you will 
wish m had never intended to explore the Coi^o for any kind of 
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animal lifel 
It‘s high ti3^ I told you what we are after both sjologieally 
md photographically. Ifo one of us is interested in hunting game, 
birds, or animals, though we shall try to get some effective motion 
pictures of the characteristic larger African animals in the several 
national parks visited, Gararaba, Albert, and Kagera, A photographic 
i^ord of the expedition's operations wiH also be kept. Our 
primaiy interest is the invertebrate fauna, mites, and ticks as 
they affect plants and animals, shrlngss and crabs, and other terres- 
trial and aquatic invertebrates, shells, and fish as taken by the 
natives at the various river and lake fisheries. 
With your help we can certainly umke a go of thirds regard- 
less of weather, though rains, if they are heavy {fey times, will 
slow us down. Here's hoplJ^ you can spare the time to get our 
boxes off to Stanleyville, I shall pay up prcmaptly whatever you 
may expend in om* behalf, and if an dvanae would be not only 
appropriate but helpftxl, please do not hesitate to write me air 
mall. The least I could do Is send you the cost of freight from 
Ifetadi to StariL^rvUle, and cost of teving boxes relabelled (lait 
do not, if you can avoid it, get me or our collecting outfit into 
the hands of customs br<&ers so-called), Do give me an Idea how 
