The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15
FIELD MUSEUM AFRICAN ExPEDI-
TT0N REACHES LONDON ON IT'S
RETURN.
NEW DISTRICTS VISITED
LIGHT THROWN ON THE DARK
CONTINENT BY THE AMERICAN
EXPLORATION.
MOTORCYCLE CONTEST IN ENGLAND.
First Vehicle I'm After a Run to
Brighton Entered From the
United States.

LO4NDO1N, NOV. 14-1TOI. u VI. ElllOC,
the leader of the Field Columbian
Mus UNI, of Chicago expedition, with
Mr.. c. Akeley, head of the taxidermist
department of the museum, left
southampton today by the st. Louis,
on their return to America, after q
most successful expedition into Somai-
Hand, wither they went in March last
tor the purpose of making a natural
history collection.
In conversation with representative
OF the Associated Press, Prof. Elliott
said:
I'VE left Berbera at the end of April
with a caravan consisting of 6S men, all
armed with Sniders and Winchesters
and Sc camels, which were afterwards
increased to SO. Our intention was t.
explore certain districts Of Somaliland
between Berbera and the river Chibele
During our stay in Africa, we made
three distinct expeditions from the
coast. The first was to the east of
Rerbera, to the Gobari plains, and the
range of the Coils. This Journey in
land, which was taken expressly for
the purpose of getting wild asses &C.
cupied three weeks. The second was
| TO the south Of Berbera, via Mandera
| and the Jorato pass Of the Coils range,
TO the south of the Togo plain, This
trip lasted six weeks and was en-
| barked upon because we wanted to
get specimens Of Swaine's haartebest
| ard Clarke's antelope, both Of which
| are extremely rare, and of which very
| few specimens have ever come to
| Europe. The third expedition lasted
| over two months. This time we went
| from Berbera and crossed the Hand
| desert by a route discovered by the
plain. to a point twenty miles from
| M1lmil. Altogether we were in the IN
terror six months and returned to Alden
at the beginning of October"
| Asked regarding the character OF the
| country visited the professor said:
"A large portion Of the districts Wis
lied by me was quite unknown t.
! Europeans, and certainly had never
| been traversed by naturalist before.
! The whole country was absolutely a
| Waterless desert. True, there was
some kind of stuff with which to as
suage our thirst, but the only water to
be got is from the pools left by the
rains or by digging beneath the
parched river beds. But the mixture
| procurable is thick and yellow, Of the
| consistency Of pea soup. Even tbs
| pools are the resort of cattle and sheep,
and their condition may be better i'm
tgined than described. We had to es-
tablish a guard over every pool we
| Iedcueu W prevent It's OStIleIHeul1 Ou(
| often the water was 80 bad that ever:
our mules refused to drink it. Despite
this and other difficulties we managed
| to keep in good health. I had no
trouble with my caravan. My head
man was the most competent in Africa
His name was Dulla Idris he had
! been eight years with Stanley and ha i
previously travelled with Count Teleki
end DR.. Donaldson Smith,
Had you any trouble with the ma
| tives?'
mo, we were so we'll armed that we
were never attacked. The Orgadan
| people were not friendly, but they did
not proceed to hostile measures. One
! tribe Of Midgans, armed with bows ant
| poiSOned arrows, were lOOting and
laiding in our neighborhood, but all
though quite close, they did not modest
US. The country was so unsettled by
reason of the AbysSinian raids, that
large numbers Of natives joined my
caravan for protection and followed in
| my wake. The AbysSians, l am happy
| t. say, we did not meet. They were
| ehead of us, raiding in the valleys, and
we heard rumors Of their atrocities,
| but fortunately for US we did not come
| across them.
1.-The heat during our journey wa;
almost beyond endurance, and often 1
thought we should succumb to apop-
lexy. Such temperature I have never
encountered before. Two medical Their
r1ometers registered their highest, 100,
and there the mercury remained. Th.-
| heat in these regions is SO intense that
even natives trying to cross the desert
In the day time frequently succumb.
1.-The nearest shave the expedition.
bad was in the case of Mr.. Akely, who
was furiously attacked by a wounded
| leopard which was only vanquished b.
Mr.. Akeley literally suffocating the
beast by kneeling on his lungs. Mr..
| Akeley had, however, fourteen wounds
On his arm and right hand. He got
all right though in a week"
Asked as to the results of his eXpe-
| dition, Prof. Elliott said:
II have very large collection chiefly
CT the large mammals, probably the
most complete ever brought out of any
country by one party. No less than 5S
cases and barrels were shipped direct
from Alden to Chicago, where they will
arrive at the end Of November. I OBJ
tanned, moreover, over 300 specimens OF
BIRDS, fish, insects and reptiles
MOTTO CYCLE RACE.
An enormous cOncOurse of people, in
Guiding the Duke of Teck and Princes
Edward and Herman, Of Saxe-Weimar,
witnessed the start today from the
Hotel Metropole, of about sixty motor
cars and cycles, under the auspices of
| the Motorcar club, in an inaugural
journey from London to Brighton, this
being the date when the new highways
act comes into force The start was
preceded by breakfast at the Metro
pole, after which the chairman, the
Earl Of Winchelsea, amid loud cheers,
tore up the red flag, which, according
to the law, it has hitherto been neces-
sary to have carried in front of road
motors.
A number of the motorcars are cleo
trio, others belong to the Britannia
Co.'s system, and to the Great Wheel
less Carriage Co. The British Motor
syndicate, which has acquired all the
principal patents for Great Britain,
was represented by over dozen cars
and vans, and the Pennington carriage,
an American invention, also entered
| vehicles. The start was made from
the hotel at 1890 a. m. The first motor
which reached Three Bridges knocked
down a little girl and she was taken
to the hospital seriously injured:
The American Duryea motor was the
first to arrive at Brighton, reaching the
place in four hours.
The Daily Mail IS publishing series
Of articles, pointing out the serious
effects Of the competition OF American
made bicycles with the English trade
in the popular wheels. Most of the
English firms are expressing what the
Mall terms SILLY Indifference" at the
situation, apparently considering
American bicycles to be beneath con-
tempt. There may be an awakening
among the English manufacturers
however, for today J. K. Starley, one
of the foremost men in the cycle trade
and inventor of a well-known type OF
safety, in an interview is quoted as
saying: I'm automatic machinery
America is immeasurably ahead of US
All the English makers are buying
American machinery. Our English
tool-makers and machinists ought tc