The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-01-05

made from time to time to reach these
people have been repulsed by the
fierce tribe surrounding them. A Mo-
hammedan priest, named Al Hadji,
saw one of the tribe some years since
while on a pilgrimage to Mecca. AL
Hadji described the man as being as
white as any European he had ever
met, with light hair and blue eyes.
Who will find these people I?
Australia is another great field for
the explorer. Developments as
strange and important as those at
tending the efforts Of the African cx-
plorers may await the traveller in the
continent of the Pacific. More than
2,OOO,O 900 square miles of unmapped
and unknown country awaits the ven
turesomc individual who shall eadeav-
or to penetrate its wilderness.
South America is also entitled to
consideration. There are parts OF it
that are less known than any other in
the world, not even excepting Africa
and Australia. For some reason trav-
oilers have neglected the Southern
Hemisphere. 1t is thought the un-
healthy climates of the southern zone
are responsible, but this scarcely cx-
plains the lack Of knowledge concern
ing the districts in the higher alti-
tudes.
The results of DR.. Won Steinen S
trips up the Ningu tributary to the
Amazon. the discoveries Of new tribes
and curious remains of earlier occupa-
ton we're sufficient to stimulate fur
ther energy in this direction. Not
the least interesting would be particu-
lars concerning the tribes of negroes,
descendants of the Spanish slaves who
escaped to the wilderness to found
tribes more barbarous than those from
which they were taken in Africa.
The hcadwaters of the Amazon, the
interior of Brazil and Ecuador, and
even the Orinoco. are awaiting inves-
tigation. Results extremely impor-
tant to mankind may be achieved from
the exploration Of these districts. 1t
has only been a few years since we
learned that Western Patagonia offers
great opportunities to the cattle raiser,
and that even cold, bleak Terra del
Fuego, the Land Of Fire, . is also
adapted to sheep farming and other
kinds of stock raising.
Even the sea is not without its op-
portunities. 1t is believed that many
islands of the Pacific and lower Allan
tic have never been visited by white
men. This statement seems hard to
believe, but there are many evidences
of it's truth. Within the last few
years group Of islands hitherto un-
known have been placed on the map
to the northward Of New Guinea. Two
islands have also been added to those
comprising the Bismarck Archipelago,
and dozens of others in isolated posi-
tions are the revelations of recent
days. Geographcrs estimate that at
least 100000 square miles Of island
territory remain to be explored, and
when the matter is given thought the
theory seems possible enough.
Take the interesting island Of New
Guinea as an example. Half as large
as Alaska. and with a climate more
conducive to successful exploration, it
is still but little known. excepting
along the principal water courses.
New Guinaa would be a veritable par
adisc for the explorer with a fondness
for natural history Its flora is among
the most wonderfully diversified in
the world. and it is as richly endowed
with peculiar forms of animal, insect
and bird life. The obstacle which has
stood in the way of exploration in
New Guinea has been its savage in
habitauts. Though there are some
peaceful tribes. many arc still canni-
balls, who licrccly resent the cncroach-
ment of the stranger.
British America and Alaska are
both largely untapped. Any recent
chart Of either territory will present
large spaces which. if not marked
'unesplored, show by the absence Of
natural features that they are un-
known to the map-makcrs. In addi-
ton there still remain the great Arc
tic and antarctic fields. They arc
mentioned last because the fact OF
these icy regions Of the North anc
South Pole being unknown is patent
to the schoolboy with his first gcogra
ply. The advances of science in re
cent years make it possible that scm'
of US may yet be pretty we'll INFORMED