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continue to be this way for another two or three months. in 
fact, it will probably even get worse. I really can’t blame 
Julian Tong for not liking Canada after having been in Africa. 
I'm not sure that I like Washington after having been in Kenya. 
Elizabeth and Mary Alyce were delighted to have me return. 
They are in good health and had a million odd jobs for me to 
do around the house; and since I was so happy to return, I even 
did them. It is quite a shock for me to return and realize 
that my daughter is growing up. In fact, it is a horrible 
shock for me to realize that there are probably young men, 
and perhaps some older men, who are looking at her about like 
I was looking at that New Zealand nurse. I think I told you 
before I left that Mary Alyce does not like my beard. Elizabeth 
tolerates it, says it is very nice, except it makes me look 
a little bit older, to which I reply, I feel older. Enough 
of this family nonsense; let's get down to business before I 
freeze to death. 
Today we are sending the check to your bank in New York. If 
am attaching a statement for your information. I finally | 
got my expense account made up for the Smithsonian Institution 
and I'm sure that it will bankrupt the Federal Government but 
then it is not as expensive as maintaining my equal rank and 
position in Vietnam. 
I'm enclosing a price list from an outfit called Vervets in 
Uganda. You will notice that their prices are F.0.B. and do 
not include transportation or quarantine costs. Also, I am 
enclosing a couple of other price lists that may be of interest 
to you just as a kind of comparison shopping. I had @ phone 
call from the Hunt brothers relative to how they could get 
permits to bring in orangutan. I inquired about the prices 
of some of their animals and 1'1] give you some quotations. 
These are delivered to zoos in the United States. 2g 
Wattled Cranes $1100 each; Klipspringers $1400 each; ly {a 
Dikdiks $900 each; and a yellow-back Duiker at $5,000. So = 
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This is what the Hunt brothers are quoting, whether they are 
getting it or not, I don't know. It seems to me that their 
prices are tremendously high. I have seen quotations for 
these animals for less. That is, net the yellow-backed Duiker. 
I have never seen that price quoted. The Dikdik prices seems 
rather high and I have seen Wattled Cranes quoted as low as 
$900 delivered. When you consider that he is not holding 
ox keeping these animals as long as he would like to let on, 
