Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-12-12
easterly trade winds can reach us we
shall have easy travelling.

From Guayaquil to the Nspo river
by way of the City of Quito, is abou
200 miles, and the most of the dis
tance is over rugged mountain passes
We sball have to mount to heieh
of $4,000 feet, crossing the base o
Mount Chimborazo, and the con tras
of climate will be awful. You see
from the torrid heat of the Pacifi
Coast, only a few degrees from th
Equator, we will encounter snow
and icy blasts over this Chimboraz
Pass, only to meet with the intens
heat of the Amazon Valley on tn
other side. This severe and rapi,
change Of climate will doubtless b,
very trying on the constitution. Their
is some talk of our climbing to tn
summit of Mount Chimboraso, and
am in favor of it. Of course, thi
would entail immense hardships. Th,
mountain is 21 ,440 feet high. and tn,
cold at the summit is intense ant
the atmosphere extremely rare.
WILD ANIMALS AND SNAKES.
"What about animals and serpentl
on the riverY"
"Why, of course, they are one oi
the real dangers. The Amazon forest
ycu know, is supposed to be verita
BILE hive of rattlers, cobras, boa con.
strictors. eto. Besides, poisonous
insects abound in myrisds, and
poisonous plants are supposed to be
numerous. However, we shall be
we'll armed, both with steel and anti.
dotes, and we are hot fearing any
real trouble"
"By way of conclusion, why are
you really goings"
"Well, You are a little late with
the question. However, / may as
well say that we are going for ad-
venture. You see, the South Ameri-
can continent, 80 far, has been studi.
ously avoided by travellers, particular
ly the Amazon river district. This
is the greatest river on the globe, and
so is the Amazon Valley the greatest
valley. Aud, really, we have such
meager facts about the region that it
Is enticing as resort for investiga-
tion. | will not deny that scientific
inyestigation-I should say the in
vestigation of the natural history
phenomena of the valley-has been
tists are ever journalists. You see,
this expedition is commissioned by
Field and Stream, and we are going
to write of the conditions from the
standpoint of personal contact. And
We are going to make an eudesvor to
obtain some good photographs and
quantities of them"
$50 far az the scientific results of
our travels are concerned, we have
been engaged by well-known insti-
tuition to furnish certain natural his
tory specimens, and, personally, i
claim to be meteorologist, and /
think that the meteorological field of
the Amazon Valley is wide open.
A NOVEL EQUIPMENT.
"About the equipment 1t will
include q tent, which is to be made
for our purpose. The floor will be
joined to the walls, and there will be
three Windows aud a small door, all
four of which will be protected by
mosquito netting as we'll as by can
vas. Our boat will be built for oui
purpose, and one feature of her con-
struction will be a folding cabin to
protect Us from the heat. We shall
carry one shotgun and heavy cali
Der sporting rifle, two revolvers, dirks
sleeping bags and hammocks, two
cameras, an aluminium cooking out
6t meteorological instruments, com
passes and medicine.
"Food |? Well, we shall do the besi
we can. / can't say more. vii
add, however, that We shall pack con
siderable timed stuff over th,
mountains.
"The boat will probably be bull
by the King Folding Boat Company
and we shall carry her over th'
mountains with us. She will be {
small craft, Is feet long, and viii
carry no sail. We are going T.
depend on the current and tn
paddle"
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