The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-31
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mapped already; but, in fact there 10
no lack Of unknown lands to which our
modern Nasamonians can turn theiI
attention.
In Africa Wadai has been visited by
only three travellers, and. although II
would be very difficult to penetrate
into the territory itself, useful explor-
ing work might be done in some Of the
outlying districts, approachable from
the upper Benue Of the Ubongi wells.
The region between Lake Rudolf and
Abyssinia and the valley Of the So
bata, a tributary of the White Nile, are
believed to be Of great interest, but
are entirely unknown.
Outside these three regions there is 9
fair knowledge of the general geogra-
ph!cal features of Africa, but much de.
tail remains to be filled in and much
Indifferent work requires to be done
over again. There are also regions
which have indeed been traversed, but
which will well repay further detailed
examination. So that Africa still Offers
wide and interesting field of research
to the young explorer.
In Asia there are UNEMPLOYED tracts
in various directions. In spite OF recent
Journeys in Oman and the Hadramut
there is still an unknown region in
Arabia upward of 400 miles square and
there is also much yet to be done in
Asia Minor.
In Persia, parts of Luristan. and the
country Of the Pc: sian Kurd still re-
main unexplored. Further east, DR..
Sven Hedin, extensive as his travels
have been, has left great deal Of
work for the future explorer. There are
the passes from Thibet into Nepal,much
unknown country in southwestern Thib.
ct, the mighty range which bounds the
Tsanpu valley on the north, and ex.
tensive tracts Of the northern plateau
while Lhasa, the capital, has never beer
visited since the days of Hue and Ga.
bet. who were there upward Of fifty
years ago.
The great river Tsanpu, from latitude
"a degrees and 10 seconds east to ito
entrance into the valley OF Assam, un-
der the name OF Dihong. Is wholly I'M
known.
The whole region Of complicated
mountain and river systems between
India and China urgently calls for bold
and hardy explorers to disentangle II.
There is also much to be done in the
mountain ranges OF western China.
Passing to the mass of islands lying
to the south Of Asia, there is great
ton Of New Guinea. Its interior IL Q
complete blank. with its chain of noun.
tains believed to be 10000 feet high.
1t Is, however, in South America that
the most extensive UNEMPLOYED regions
still await the visits Of scientific explor.
ers. Although this continent is much
richer and Of far more beautiful seen.
cry than Africa, and, although it has
attracted the ablest and most accom-
plished travellers, such as Condamine,
Humboldt, Dorbigny, schomburgh.
Martins. and Bates, 1t has received. on
the WHOLE much less attention than
Africa and much less than It deserves.
Many parts OF the Colombian cordil-
leras still need exploration, as well a.
the basins Of several affluents of the
Amazon: while there Is an enormous
tract to the eastward which 10 still
forest-covered region which was the
scene Of the adventurous searches for
81 Dorado in the sixteenth century.
Farther south. although the region Of
the eastward Of Cuzco, the ancient cap.
ital Of the Incas. Is now attracting at
tention. much remains to be done.
There are also many undescribed
parts Of the Andes Of Peru which are
of great interest. especially in the lit
tle-known districts around the lake OF
Parinacochas. The mountain peaks OF
the range above Tarapaca are still vir.
sin. and those of sajama and Palahuari
have not yet been measured. Indeed.
the whole geography Of western South
America 10 very imperfectly understood.
and offers most tempting and inter-
esting field Of research for young q.
plorers.
81 A~AA0ssJi EOhSAp1OIGO 10 WIG OOulhSLu
part Of the dividing ranges between
Chill and Argentina. which incleses
within Its unknown regions several ge-
ographicat problems Of great interest.
The wild mountain ranges still farther
south and the numerous intricate rocky
channels up the gulf Of Trinidad also
invite exploration. These narrow, wind.
ing channels. full Of rocks and islands.
look as II the cordillera Of the Andes
had here dipped itself into the sea.
On the whole, the unknown or unex.
plored parts Of South America offer the
most extensive, and certainly not the
least interesting, field for research that
remains on the earth's surface. apart
from the polar regions.-Sir Clements
Markham In the Youths Companion.
Chicago Chronicle: In these days Of
progressive pulpit methods it is not
surprising to learn that a New York
Methodist minister named Baylis wore
the costume of a cowboy last Sunday
while preaching at the Bowery mis-