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The wildebeests are doing well. They have had babies and today 
we are moving 8 or 9 males to the farm in the country. 
In your letter of June 16 you mentioned the flamingos. It must 
be most distressing. Kerry got some flamigos from the Caribbean 
Gardens and we hope they will start showing some interest and 
lay some eggs. 
Your comments about Allan Root's bongos running around Naivasha 
are interesting. I talked to George Speidel and he gave me 
the impression that some bongo from Allan Root are being 
quarantined for him in Mombosa. 
Sorry to hear that Alexander is not fitting into the program 
or at least that he is taking so long to join up. 
Yes, I believe Mary Alyce has seen the famous Mellon collection 
of art on display here in Washington. 
The little white tigress is now in the zoo and her companion 
from Cleveland will be coming to the zoo today. We will never 
have to worry about Elizabeth doing a Jay Adamson on us. She 
has had too many years as a girl raising young animals on the 
farm and I guess her mother trained her too well. The cat odor 
comes from the basement and she will not put up with this. 
However, we have loved having the kittens at home and the ex~ 
perience has been great. 
We have traded the last giraffe born to Michael-John and Myrt 
so that we have settled our obligation to Fred Zeehandelaar 
for the Eld's deer (better say Thamin or Burmese Brow-Antlered 
deer) for $4500 to be applied to our credit. This means I have 
an additional $4500 to divert to you. 
I would certainly appreciate your comment on the prices of some 
of the animals we have ordered; otherwise, some other goodies 
in the way of animals may come along and I will be tempted to 
spend this money on them. As you know this is my weakness. 
Women and wine, I do not believe will ever be my downfall but 
animals certainly will. 
I believe I told you that we have heard about a six-months old fe- 
male bongo in captivity in the Ivory Coast. I have written 
to the owner and we are hoping we will be able to get it. I think 
