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I -January 13 th. 1936. 
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Bear Mann, 
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Many thanks for yours of the 10th. just to hand. 
I quite concur that it will be far better to concentrate 
on the capture of the animals first and remain behind afterwards 
Lo the special collecting which I want to do. 
I feel sure that if we concentrate on the live animal 
trapping whole heartedly we should meet with considerable success. 
Animals are abundant beyond belief in certain parts of the country 
tnough they disappear as astonishingly during drought or for other 
reasons . 
Young elephant are rather a problem; hunting them with 
the object of securing a young one I consider hopeless but if you 
could get some influential person to get a letter off to tne Game 
Warden, T.T. well in advance- I do think you could get a pair. 
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If you approve I would like to drop a line to the Game 
Warden in Kenya asking him what the possibilities are for getting 
any of the three species from settlers. He would have a record in 
his files of anyone owning young rhino or elephant, moreover if - he 
knew we were wanting them and any were reported he would probably 
advise tne captors to hold them pending our arrival. I would mention 
it was for the National Park but that my letter was entirely^ 
unofficial and without weight. 
I think the New York meeting is muon more feasible and if 
your plans mature let me know what date would suit you and, I will 
fall in with it, preferably a Tuesday,’ Wed. or Thurs. 
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Don't bother about LeSoeuf's book, I will dig out the 
information elsewhere. I thought it was your own copy wnen I wrote. 
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Sincerely yours, 
Dr- W. M. Mann, 
National Zoological Park, 
Washington, D.C. ; 
