m 
January 27, 1926 
Dear loveridge: 
Just received your letter with the enclosed cable. X 
think we better hold off from hiring anybody in Nairobi just 
now. When, as, and if, we arrive, wo shall, of course, want 
to connect with some Afrikanders, ami peihaps we might be able 
to employ Mr. Harger, or somebody like him, to go into Kenia 
and scratch for animals• 
Things are more or less so-so at present, but in the 
oourse of a couple of weeks 1 expect to hear a definite •yes'* 
or "no", afte r which we can go to work. In the meanwhile I am 
considering starting after permits. These permits must be ob¬ 
tained through our State Department and the American Ambassador 
in London, from the Colonial Office. Could you, knowing the 
game laws, give m some outline of ^hat to ask for. We es¬ 
pecially want giraffe and rhino, and, if it is not too much, 
would like to ask for four giraffe in order to insure getting 
a pair of them back. There is also the question of import duty. 
I intend to give the motor truck we take to the Came Department 
of Tanganyika, and in that case do not think duty should be col* 
looted on it. 
Did Chalmers Mitchell tell you that the London Zoological 
Carden would cooperate definitely enough so that X may mention 
it in a letter for the Secretary's signature to the American 
Ambassador at Xondon? 
Hoping to be able to communicate with you in a short 
time, and with kindest regards. 
Sincerely yours. 
w». m. mzm . 
Superlnten dent 
Mr. Arthur Loveridge, 
Museum of Comparative Zoology, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 
