August 5, 1969 
Mr. A. D, Parkinson 
c/o Barclay's Bank 
Box 30011 
Nairobi, Kenya 
Dear Tony: 
- ete Your letter of July 30th arrived here on August 4th. I well realize that you 
have all been very much occupied and I am quite sure that the majority of 
as at was on the business of the National Zoclogical Park. 
We are delighted to hear the details of getting the bongo down from the 
trap. It is remarkable that you were able to get the animal down to the 
Land Rover in such a short time and that you had the animal back in 
Nairobi by 4 o'clock in the afternoon. I sympathize with you on the six 
little streams that you had to cross. I realized that there were quite a 
few but again, like you, I don't think I had ever counted them. Itis very 
interesting about the bongo changing his hair coat, the same as the one you 
had for Alan Root. I am glad to hear that he is on his new diet and 
doing well. 
Concerning the photographs cf the trip down, I would greatly appreciate it 
if you would send them over here and let the picture editors decide which 
ones they want. It will take you a while to get them back but you will 
receive them. If any of the pictures are used in the story you will receive 
whatever the going rate for the pictures is. | 
These silly bongo not going into the trap! Iam sure they will be 
momentarily. The pit traps sound fantastic what with bushbuck and 
leopards going into them. I can also imagine the consternation that the 
elephant caused. This must be quite a sight to have a baby elephant in 
the trap and the mother elephant on the outside. I am glad that none of 
you were there. 
Iam sure that you will immediately catch some bongo because Iam 
getting fouled up in the mess here. You ask when I am coming out again; 
right now it locks pretty dismal for me getting away any time soon. 
First, the construction program is at a dead standstill with a half year's 
work washed out. I am going to have to hire an architect and re-program 
the construction here at the Zoo. We will probably have to dismiss the 
architects that we now have under contract to us and start all over again. 
This means that for the next several month I will be extremely busy on 
this phase of the work. The second mess that we seem to be in is the 
