V 
Monsieur F. Matagne, Chef 
Service de Chasse et Piche 
Ciouvemement G^n^ral 
Leopoldville, Belgian Congo 
Dear M. Matagne s 
_ ^ithsonian Institution is sponsoring the Smithsonian-Bredin 
Expedition to the Belgian Congo for the purpose of collecting and 
studying primarily the invertebrate life of the regions the parasitic 
mites and ticks and their host plants and animals (rodents, shrews, 
bats, and perhaps in some cases, unprotected small birds), Crustacea, 
terrestrial and aquatic, as well as other arthropods, shells, fish, and 
such herpetological specimens as may be permitted. 
The expeditionary party will consist of six peoples a Mr, and Mrs. 
Bredin of mimington, Delaware! Dr. Waldo L. Scteitt of this Institution, 
carcinologist { Dr* Edward BEk©r of tho Unitod States DspartBiont of 
acarologistj Dr, Hoy Lyman Sexton, medical consultant and 
photographer to the party, and his son Roy Lyman Sexton, Jr., who will 
assist his father. It so happens ti»t Mr. and Mrs. Bredin find it 
impossible to take part in the expedition at the outset as originally 
planned, but they have high hopes of being able to join it at a later 
date in the field. 
We have been in coiamunieation with Dr. Fan Straelen, President de 
1‘Institut des Parcs Natlonaux du Congo Beige about this matter as it 
13 desired to visit several of the parks under the jurisdiction of 
the Institut, namely the Garamba Kational Park, the Albert Rational 
Park, and the Kagera National Park, for the purpose of photop'rapiiirifi; 
the wild animal life there sheltered. In the first and last named 
parks guest house privileges, if available, are being respectfully 
requested for two nights in each, with, of course, the p^snent of the 
customary fees for such accommodations. 
