Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-12-12

TWO LOCAL YACHTSMEN TO
MAKE A PERILOUs VOYAGE.

land Planning an Expedition oi
Four Thousand Miles Threugl
the South American Wilderness
in Search OF Adventure and In
formation.
Alvah ID. James, a mem Der of The
Corinthian Yacht Club, Baltimore
and one of the best-known yachts
men of that city. is fitting out an
expedition to navigate the Amazon
river and tributaries for a distance
OF 1000 miles. 1t is probable that
Barton FL. holland will be the com
panion of Mr.. James in what is to
be the most venturesome trip ever
made by a Baltimore yachtsman.
James and Noland recently completed
a trip of over 5000 miles in ali 1S-
font hat Afta- hev;~e- s~A,t /.
year In adventure and exposure they
were wrecked on Cape Lookout on
the Atlantic Coast.
The trip OF exploration over nearly
the entire South American continent
is to be made in the interest of
Field aud Stream, a New York
sporting periodical, the publication
that backed them in their previous
long journey in a skiff.
The trip is to begin early next
spring, so that the journey through
the wilderness of mountain, woods,
valley and river may begin during
the opening of the dry season in
South America.
1t is not quite certain that Barton
Haxall holland will be the companion
of James, but an effort is being
made to bring it about. If this ven-
ture should be carried out the men
will become the central figure in ad-
ventures as great as those of Stan.
ley, a De Chaillu or a Humboldt.
At his home in Irvington, Va,
James is already making prepare.
tons for his journey. He gave the
following interview on his plans:
TO GO BY PANAMA.
"We expect to leave New York in
the early spring and sail by way oi
the Isthmus of Panama to Guaya.
quill, Ecuador. We shall then cross
the Andes Mountains to the head Of
canoe navigation on the Napo river
The Napo is the most northwestern
tributary of the Amazon, and w
shall have to travel some GOO mile
down this stream before reachin,
the latter. 1t is our intention I.
keep generally on the main stem o
the Amazon, though we shall max
side trips through the country from
time to time. The trip will end a
the city of Para, on the Atlanti
seaboard. You see, we shall thu
traverse the entire continent o
South America. The distance,
should say, is about 1000 miles, an
we are calculating on making tn
run during the six months of th
dry season.
"What do we anticipate will b
our greatest hardship? Well, it
hard to tell. We do not auticipat
ANY difficulty from rough water o
storms. On the other hand, we con
slider that the danger of the nayiga
ton of the river il the minimum
We shall have most excellent Graf
and both Mr.. Noland and. mysel
have had considerable experience i
handling small boats. You will rt
member that, we cruised from end
end of the Bay of Fundy last yea
in an 18-footer, and We do not ansis
ipate anything like Fundy in th
South. Tides? Yes, there are heav
tides on the Amazon, but there
no backward flow of water. The ed
tide is very rapid, but the food ca
make no hcadway against the cul
rent, and merely banks the water az
so to speak. Yes, the current wi
be great benefit to us. 1t travel
at an average speed of about fou
miles an hour, and except on th
straight lugs of the river where tb