@ @ .2. 
Now for a word about Alan Root. Apparently when he was 
last in Milwaukee Zoo he told George he could get him a 
Bongo and on his return here managed to get a permit to catch 
three for Milwaukee (the Capture Committee prefer giving per- 
mits for a trio of animals rather than a pair and dislike 
giving permits for single animals unless it is a question of 
adding to animals already in captivity.) and he has now pro- 
duced a young female Bongo. There has been a bit of fuss about 
it because Root was not a properly licensed trapper at the time 
,/ the Bongo was caught, nor was he present at the time of capture, 
nor has he any proper organisation for looking after animals. 
He is a photographer rather than a game trapper. It seems 
that Root is busily engaged on some photographic expedition 
at the moment and so the Game Department suggested that the 
animal should be placed in our care, so here it is. 
We saw nothing to be gained by refusing and a lot to be 
learned by having it here. It is a lovely animal already very 
friendly, standing about 2'9" at the shoulder with horns about 
4" long. 
Tony is rather disappointed about this and feels that you 
Will be also, but I am not so bothered as it didn't seem to me 
;/ we were trying to get the first Bongo ever, but we did hope 
to make the first attempt at any study of them with notes and 
records, 
The Bongo Root took to Cleveland was caught in very 
/irregular conditions and was the subject of some controversy 
// then and there is a good deal of anti-Root feeling about this 
second one. 
| After considering the budget carefully it seems to us 
a bit tight and we don't think there will be a great deal left 
over for ourselves. But we do feel this is such an excellent 
Jopportunity to work with you in a very interesting enterprise 
‘and that also this is a means of getting you over here, which 
j/in itself is worth a great deal, that we readily accept it as 
/ it stands. As you point out, items may not work out as much 
/ as budgeted and we can switch it around to suit ourselves, and 
\_ perhaps the final results won't be too bad. 
You indicate in your letter that you could come out at 
some time to fit in with the programme and that we can go 
ahead and plan. The weather must be taken into account and 
although the seasons do change from time to time I think we 
should plan on what is regarded as the normal pattern. We would 
expect to have dry weather from the end of June to mid October 
and rain from then until mid December with atiother ary sett od 
until late March. Assuming we put in two months’ recce July 
