The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-10

RFyORTS IRON THE AMERIC ~
NJ SCI US EXHIBITION.
Thousands % Specimens secured ~ the
IaRG Party. which Left In NsS lDsso
Habitat Group Of the Okapi u
Among the Promised Treasures.

Tnou.a nds % Specimens secured ~ the
IARG Party. which Left In Ns, lpoo
Habitat Group % the Okapi u
Amons the Promised Treasures.
News has been receiv 81 q, the American
Nrssum 81 Natural History ~ the Congo
ESpedition which has been in the jungle
~ s-uatorial Africa since June. ia1a.
under the leadership ~ Herbert Lang.
Al .1vert In geological survey and modern
,anidermy and a member ~ the musuem
s'ar Who ~ accompanied by James
,hap,n. also ~ the museum. Tho two
.,r.nrorS left New York on May :. 1919.
,u 'nr steamer iceland 81 the Red Star
Inc flr Antwerp hound for the Congo
country Sailing from brussels on the
steamship L..upoldVille the expedition
reacted Roma June \. 1919. and pro.
Creied from MatRdi 10y rail To- Leopold.
vide aud then up the Congo river bv boat
., S'anIrvville From StanleVville the
.N,..i.'rrn continued through the dense
,.,' "a foot to Avakubi The Iates:
I.vs from the explorers under date If
June o.. 1910. has been received from
Mod
nd-r the title ~ 'ln the Heart ~
Africa the museum publishes IN the
tg'uleT "bhFN't ttie VTst account OF the
expedition which contains many inter-
ss'ing reports sent in by the scientists.
The two explorers sailed up the Congo
and travelled on foot through dense
tropical forests. They also obtained
numerous photographs which vividIy u.
lustrate their progress through darkest
Africa
In letter 70 a friend Mr. Lang wrote.
'While looking at the pictures get into "a
Turkish hath You will appreciate the
country bette
Interest "a attached 10 the expedit ion
owing 20 the fact thar the Belgian Govern
mant has cooperated with the American
Museum ~ Natural History in financing
the work In return for the expense
oftrsnsport alton furnished hv the Bel gian
Government the expedition j. to give
- the Iernueren Museum Belg ium
certain suggested geological specimens
lack ing there
The exy~dirion was financed bv n group
81 the MUSEUMS members anC friends
who contributed 20 fund for this pur-
ver~ John Trevor. Charles Lanie-.
Cleveland II Dodge. J. Pierpont Morgan.
lr William h. Vanderbilt. 4. u. Juil-
lard Rohert W. Goelct and William Rookie
felN-
IN" expedition on July l. 1879 reached
Ma'adI LeopoldvIlle. beyond IN" catarac's
and 1?o miles from the coast From
thor" II proceeded by boat 20 stanley
who. hoping TO find this plaC" a base ~
operations. Stsnleyvill" IL 80 miles
inland and twcnty two days journey
from Iyeopoldville. although IN" return
"trip requires only thirteen or fourteen
DAYS owing To tho s~iftness 81 the cur
rent Most ~ the steamers on TN" Congo
srr stNrnwhralers OF very shallow draurht
on account OF numerous sand bars IN IN"
rly"r.
Instead ~ using steamer the eNp.ad'-
ton took hargc drawn 10y steam tug
alongside az this VOYAGE Mr. Lang
writes One kind ~ vtliur" Is the most
common larg" bird hut 20 So" NOR" than
twenty IN a day whs unusual On land
Mr. Lang says both large and small hirds
A." fairly abundant
No elephants were seen but thor" were
frequently bands Of monkeys and now
and then young hippopotamus
The voyngers decided that Stanley lie
vas impossible as base for operations
On account Of high prices and because
rortant geological regions The explorers
then determined 10 continue further east
snd proceeded with a part of the supplies
30 Avaku6i. IN the Haut lturl
Avakubi 10 a great rubber station;
shout twenty tons a month being received
from the natives a. taxes writes NIr
Lang in q letter 20 a friend
Mr.. Lang says that the spot il one 81
the moet Isolated in the world and men
lions that q Lieutenant who received q
newspaper from East Africa informed
the travellers on November - that Cook
had announced that he had discovered
the North Pole.
In 4 report dated November -. hut
r-zriv five months on the way. Mr. Lang
Ead hat in the course OF two months
after reaching their base Of operations
the list 81 specimens secured were 2sI
mammals. az birds and more than 200
specimens ~ smaller fauna In later
report @ent from the field early in Jan
uary about three months after leaving
AvaSubi. the records show $40 mammals
and "A? birds with more than l.O0 ~ the
smaller fauna
Three assistants were engaged bv Mr.
Lang before leaving Leopoldville and AZ
Nianleyyiile fifteen more natlv.- ioIn-d
the expedition a. assistants In addition
. 'hes@ trained assistants forty poriers
yer" hired to carry specimens Tor the
eNIedItion
In = letter written early IN Jsrurav Mr.
Lang tells NJ three davs spent 20 tho
'nr'h ~ AvakIhi The Christmas present
'ur The party was an old male chimpauZee
caught on Christmas eve.
In a final report from the expedition
me records show .yOG manuals and ! ~
Hrfs IN the COLLECTIONS ard unique
chronological collection ~ 7D numbers
gained from the ManRbstI
much coveted okhpi group. including
ms" and female specimens and Young.
With materials from the animals haurtS
. promised 10y the leader Of III" exploring
fa.r'
Tho expedition started on June ~ from
~" 'rrgO camp At Medge, north -
Arasrlbi