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Ene ES C/O BARCLAYS BANK 
BARCLAYS BANK, NAIROBI JOHN SEAGO BOX 30011, NAIROBI 
BARCLAYS BANK, NORWICH KENYA 
CHARTERED BANK, NEW YORK PHONE KABETE 330 
CABLES C/O BARCLADOM, 
E. A. MANAGER:- 
D. ANTHONY PARKINSON 
NAIROBI 
26rd August 1968 
Dr, Theodore Reed, 
Director, 
National Zoological Park, 
Washington D.C 
Dear Ted: 
We did not receive your letter of August 13th until the 
day before yesterday and sent you an immediate cable, because 
very much to our surprise you suggested coming on September 
lst, whereas we had never visualised anything before September 
20th and even in earlier letters we have suggested that you 
should come after the Pretoria Conference, 
Tony has completed two very thorough recces on foot, 
one on the East side of Mount Kenya, which is an enormous 
area to cover, and one on the Aberdare Mountains, which he 
has ruled out. He also found that the East side of Mount Kenya 
was very inaccessable and wherever they went they were unable 
to get any vehicles within at least seventeen miles of the 
catching area, There was also a great deal of other game, 
particularly elephant and buffalo in both places, which 
seriously interfered with their operations and Tony is of the 
opinion that traps etc. would be set off or completely wrecked 
by other game before they had a chance to catch bongo, Also 
on several occasions they had to lay up for a few hours and 
wait until elephant had moved out of the area before they could 
continue on their way. He is now off again to another area 
and we don't expect to see him before the end of next week. 
I am quite sure when you are here and see the kind of 
country in which we have got to work you will fully appreciate 
why it takes so long to cover any amount of country on foot 
and to select the best locality for our operations. 
As outlined in my last letter to you of August 14th, 
having selected the site and put up the camp we think it is 
absolutely essential to leave the area for a short time before 
moving in with yourself and Nelson Brown, otherwise I don't 
think you would see anything or stand a chance of getting any 
photographs. 
I still think that the idea of you coming here after the 
Conference is by far the best time, and that if you then first 
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