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January 4, 1926. 
My dear Loveridge: 
Yesterday in New York I wrote a letter to you and 
lost it out of my pocket. Perhaps some kind person has picked 
it up and mailed it. 
The gist of the letter was that it would be very 
nice if you could come down to Washington some time in the not 
far future, because the expedition project looks much rosier 
than it has over looked in the past. 
The plana for a large expedition toTanganyika which 
we fonnulutdebwhen you were hP^e, ..maws been taken up and I be¬ 
lieve that we are in u fair way to obtain the necessary funds. 
Of course I hope that the Harvard Museum and the University of 
Michigan will cooperate, as you planned fox the smaller expe¬ 
dition, and.paLao that the London Zoological Garden will asso¬ 
ciate itself iWith us in the work* || ■ 
Things are not settled yet, but I a m working on t 
In case you cannot coxae to Washington at this time, would you 
jot down some more memoranda of the type that you cent me with 
your idea of 'what we might obtain in a four months stay in 
Tanganyika. The chief aim of our expedition would be a 
each of^ elephants, giraffes and rhinos with, of course, 
thing else that we could possibly &et together. 
pair 
every 
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Tlie expedition would be the Smithsonian 
:.h the coope rat ion of the several instit lions 
that you suggest. j ,1’ 
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In your letter of October 31 you suggest that you 
coulc arait some letters to the various departments, 1 should 
be glad if you would do this, but best of all I would like to 
see you personally, j have just made a personal trip to Detroit, 
, Chicago, and Hew York, so am not in a position to send yoxi the 
fare. 
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Sincerely yours. 
Mr. Arthur Lo/eridgs, 
Museum of Comparative Zoology, 
:• Can br idge, Mass. 
IV. M. Hmh- 
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Superintendent • 
