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Marsh Lla\ber Co., Inc. 
MANUFACTURERS OF OAK AND MAPLE FLOORING 
TELEPHONE 42384 
INTERIOR TRIM 
DOVER • OHIO 
AUGUST 26 , 1955 
Waldo L. Schmitt 
Head Curator 
Dept . of Zoology 
Smithsonian Institution 
Washington 25, D.C. 
Dear Dr. Schmitt; 
We received your nice letter, for which we thank you. 
On June 8, we met Professor Baker in the lobby of the hotel at Cairo. We 
told him we were taking the train that evening for Luzor and he thought 
we would probably see you and your party there on the 9th or 10th. You 
had not arrived yet so we left a note at the desk for you. 
Sending a diary of our trip. I think ray wife did a wonderful job keeping 
so complete a record. We also have some very fine picture slides in 
colors and we hope we have a chance to show them to you some time. 
It was too bad that you did not see the lions. VJe saw nine in all. Some 
in Ruindi, Queen Elizabeth and Murchison Palls trip. They are hard to 
see, usually lying near bushes in the shade. At one time we saw a water 
buck near the road, he paid no attention to us, just had his eyes riveted 
on something ahead of us and as we drove on, sure enough, he was watching 
three lions, one male and two female. It was late in the evening but we 
were able to get within forty feet of them and the pictures are good. 
When we arrived at Beirut, Lebanon we were pretty weary and beginning 
to lose Interest in very important things, and, a little homesick, so we 
cancelled our tour to Turkey and Greece and flew home by Pan-American. 
It is true we had to hurdle some rough spots on our trip but it was worth 
the effort and feel like you, we must go back to see more of this wonder- 
ful country. 
With kindest regards and best wishes to you. 
Sincerely, 
EW 
