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<blockquote data-quote="Björn Bergenholtz" data-source="post: 3496094" data-attributes="member: 113430"><p>"Solifuge" alt. "'M", like I wrote, two weeks ago, "I don´t know if you´re still looking" ...</p><p></p><p>However ... here´s another African guy that I came across searching various African explorers ... that you might find it worth looking at, the almost unknown Mr. <strong>Lett</strong> (<strong>fl. 1911</strong>) hunter, landlord, assistant taxidermist to Büttikofer (and others), owner of a House (<em>i.e.</em> a sort of Hunting station) along the Junk River at Schieffelinsville [most likely today's Township of Schieffelin (Ville/town), Marshall Territory], Liberia, who at times housed explorers and collectors such as Schweizer, Schomburgk, Stampfli, Jackson and Büttikofer ... as well as others I assume (whomever paid the rent!). In the words of Schomburgk he was "... <em>an old American mulatto</em>" in 1911.</p><p></p><p>Mr. Lett is commemorated in:</p><p></p><p><strong><em>lettii</em></strong> as in:</p><p>• Maned Owl <em>Jubula lettii </em>BÜTTIKOFER 1889 (<a href="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37330#page/46/mode/1up" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>) as "<em>Bubo letti</em>": Also see <a href="https://books.google.se/books?id=UsoIHEElvlIC&pg=PA400&lpg=PA400&dq=%22Lett%22+-letters+-letter+Stampfli+Schieffelins-ville&source=bl&ots=QtbYEqKaxQ&sig=H4M_5muvud4l2DWDJMfB0oAYSlM&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjimv-GtNPQAhUGJJoKHc6SC5kQ6AEIJjAB#v=onepage&q=%22Lett%22%20&f=false" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a> (p.284): Original text, <a href="https://archive.org/stream/reisebilderausl01btgoog#page/n393/mode/2up/search/Lett" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>, (in German): Also see the following links; <a href="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46026#page/121/mode/1up" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a> and <a href="https://books.google.se/books?id=OIo5AQAAIAAJ&q=Liberia+Schieffelin+Lett+-letter+-letters&dq=Liberia+Schieffelin+Lett+-letter+-letters&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjrprax-tPQAhXBiiwKHc3eDloQ6AEIUTAI" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>. A Plate of the (very maned indeed) Owl is found <a href="http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/552097" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a> (in-between pp.128 and 129), and I guess Mr. Lett's House is this one (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BÜTTIKOFER(1890)_1.26_Jagdhütte_bei_Schieffelinsville.jpg" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>)!</p><p></p><p>Either way, needed or not, useful or not; enjoy!</p><p></p><p>Björn</p><p><span style="color: White">---</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Björn Bergenholtz, post: 3496094, member: 113430"] "Solifuge" alt. "'M", like I wrote, two weeks ago, "I don´t know if you´re still looking" ... However ... here´s another African guy that I came across searching various African explorers ... that you might find it worth looking at, the almost unknown Mr. [B]Lett[/B] ([B]fl. 1911[/B]) hunter, landlord, assistant taxidermist to Büttikofer (and others), owner of a House ([I]i.e.[/I] a sort of Hunting station) along the Junk River at Schieffelinsville [most likely today's Township of Schieffelin (Ville/town), Marshall Territory], Liberia, who at times housed explorers and collectors such as Schweizer, Schomburgk, Stampfli, Jackson and Büttikofer ... as well as others I assume (whomever paid the rent!). In the words of Schomburgk he was "... [I]an old American mulatto[/I]" in 1911. Mr. Lett is commemorated in: [B][I]lettii[/I][/B] as in: • Maned Owl [I]Jubula lettii [/I]BÜTTIKOFER 1889 ([URL="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37330#page/46/mode/1up"][U]here[/U][/URL]) as "[I]Bubo letti[/I]": Also see [URL="https://books.google.se/books?id=UsoIHEElvlIC&pg=PA400&lpg=PA400&dq=%22Lett%22+-letters+-letter+Stampfli+Schieffelins-ville&source=bl&ots=QtbYEqKaxQ&sig=H4M_5muvud4l2DWDJMfB0oAYSlM&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjimv-GtNPQAhUGJJoKHc6SC5kQ6AEIJjAB#v=onepage&q=%22Lett%22%20&f=false"][U]here[/U][/URL] (p.284): Original text, [URL="https://archive.org/stream/reisebilderausl01btgoog#page/n393/mode/2up/search/Lett"][U]here[/U][/URL], (in German): Also see the following links; [URL="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46026#page/121/mode/1up"][U]here[/U][/URL] and [URL="https://books.google.se/books?id=OIo5AQAAIAAJ&q=Liberia+Schieffelin+Lett+-letter+-letters&dq=Liberia+Schieffelin+Lett+-letter+-letters&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjrprax-tPQAhXBiiwKHc3eDloQ6AEIUTAI"][U]here[/U][/URL]. A Plate of the (very maned indeed) Owl is found [URL="http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/552097"][U]here[/U][/URL] (in-between pp.128 and 129), and I guess Mr. Lett's House is this one ([URL="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BÜTTIKOFER(1890)_1.26_Jagdhütte_bei_Schieffelinsville.jpg"][U]here[/U][/URL])! Either way, needed or not, useful or not; enjoy! Björn [COLOR="White"]---[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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