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

made from time 20 time to reach these
people have been repulsed by the
fierce tribe surrounding them. A no.
hammedan priest, named Al Hsdji,
cav one Of. the tsibe some years einee
while on 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 6ud these people 2
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
10000 square miles Of unmapped
and unknown country awaits the ven
turesome individual who shall cadeav-
or to penetrate it's wilderness.
South America is also entitled to
confederation. 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-
cllcrs have neglected the Southern
Hemisphere. 1t is thought the uu.
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 8
trips up the Xingu tributary to the
Amazon, the discoveries Of new tribes
and curious remains Of earlier occupa-
tion were 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 we're taken in Africa.
The hcadwaters of the Amazon, the
interior of Brazil and Ecuador, and
even the OriDoco, are awaiting invcs-
tigation. Results extremely impor-
tant to mankind may be achieved from
the exploration of these districts. 1t
has only been 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 it's op-
portunities. It is believed that many
islands Of the Pacific and lower Allan
tie have never been visited by white
men. This statement seems hard to
believe, but there are many evidences
of its truth. Within the last few
years group of islands hitherto nm
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 rs large
as Alaska, and with a climate more
conducive to success. IL exploration, it
is still but little known. excepting
along the principal water courses.
New Guinea would be vcritablc par
adisc for the explorer with a fondncss
for natural history. It's fora is among
the most wonderfully diversified in
the world, and it is as richly endowed
with peculiar FERNS of animal, insect
and bird life. The obstacle which has
stood in the way Of exploration in
New Guinea has been its savage in
Though there arc some
peaceful tribes, many are still canni-
balls, who ticrccly resent the encroacl-
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
''nnesplered, siiow 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.
last because the fact Of
these icy regions Of the North and
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 some