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■A suggested letter from the_Secretary of State,or hie equivalent, 
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C. F. X . Swynnerton, Eaq, C. 1.2.8., F.E.S. etc. 
The Game harden, 
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Tanganyika Territory . 
Dear Sir, 
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This Dr. Y7. M. Mann, the Superintendent of the United States 
National Zoological Park, Mr. Arthur Loveridge of Harvard University 
Museum and. othere are expecting to leave for East Africa shortly on 
a zoological expedition and application is being formally made to 
His Excellency the Governor requesting the favour of certain special 
permits usually accorded to scientific expeditions. 
* . The chief object of the expedition will be to secure alive 
a pair each of elephant, rhinoceros an . giraffe. If young of any of 
these animals are already in captivity in your Territory or in Kenya 
clotty, ersnce would je givei to securing >a e >y purchase 
if the owners were willing to dispose of them at reasonable prices, 
but if not, permits are re ired mt females - . 
young of these and other species for she National zoological Parx. 
After, or before, the major object of the expedition is 
attained, Mr. -Loveri a a i his wife propose spend!:- b . 
months on the Uluguru and Us&mbara Mtns. principally collecting 
reptiles and batraohi&ns in an attempt to discover to what extent 
the faunas are homogenous and their affinities With the Central 
African rain-forest fauna, this will be supplemented by general , 
zoological collecting of small mammals and birds, permission being 
particularly desired to collect small antelope as well. After 
the results of the expedition nave been published these collections 
housed in the Museum of Comparative 2 c y, u- nr ridge, • Mass •. 
While I wish to emphasise that the expedition does not 
contemplate ifunting game animals apart from obtaining live young, 
it will naturally be necessary to have a meat permit to kill such 
_.f the commoner species s.e you may decide to feed the porters and 
any carnivora which may be captured alive. 
-Knowing your interest in all scientific undertakings 
connected with the colony I sincerely trust I shall have your 
support and cooperation without which I .feel little will^oe achieved. 
If measures for"the reduction of elephants are still in force 
perhaps you would be willing to issue instructions that any young 
animals are to be secured. Naturally the United states Government 
through the National P .rk would defray any reasonable expanses 
incurred in feeding such an animal and would take steps to have 
it Drought in immediately to one of the base camps which it is their 
hope to form at points along the Central Railway. 
