Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09

of this mountain begins at 1900 feet. The
hardy explorer was not going to pass this
magnificent peak as merely a landmark,
he was bound to climb it.
He selected Aboo and they began the long
climb. All went well until they reached
the snow and felt the chill of arctic al
ttude shortly after leaving the steaming
jungle. Up they went until the snow sleep
came over them, fighting to keep awake
they pushed on until they could bear no
more. Their eyes were swollen and blood
shot, the air was too hin to breathe, they
were in pitiful plight. Their highest point
was exactly 25,314 feet, which is just about
1000 feet higher than any mountain climber
has ever reached In the Himalayas. Con
quered by the cold, they turned unwillingly
from the summit, yet a mile and a half
above them and inaccessible. After they
had passed the snow line on the descent
and Captain Lawson's hands had begun
to thaw into usefulness, 'as soon" he
writes, "as l had recovered the use of my
hands sufficiently to hold the flask
served out a little brandy, which put new
life into u.s."
When he and Aboo returned to camp he
records that they were thoroughly beat
and the next morning he records that his
face and hands were badly chapped.
1T is a shame not to be able to follow his
adventures to the discovery of the Glad
stone and the Royal, the voyage down that
stream to the cataract 300 feet wide, with
a sheer descent of 179 feet, the voyage re-
sumed down the River Chingoo-malan, as
the lower course of the Royal is named
He reached a hostile village only thirty OF
forty miles from the northwest coast,
where he is forced back and has a narrow
escape from the savages. But there are
limits even to the record of adventure, II
returns to Houtree after many ~hardshlps
on February s, 1873, eight months in he
wild jungle, almost to the day.
Precise and particular In almost every
detail that could be desired, Captain Law
son has omitted from his narrative rho
mathematics of his course. He had ins.ru-
ments for the determination Of his posi-.
ton. but he makes no record that he svei
used them except in the marvellous pre-.
cision Of his determination of mountain
attitudes. Course and distance of mis-
marches are absent from the record. Ever
on his map there is no scale.
The latter defect may be r~ectified by the
recorded dimensions of Lake A~lexandrins
as seventy miles. Using this for a scale
his sketch map shows that he must nav
Travelled north from HOutree some 10
miles. The nearest position to Houtre.
which may be identified on the real maj
OF the south coast Of New Guinea Is Red
scar Bay or Port Noresby. Measured nortl
from this point the air line distance acrosi
the island is about 2O miles. From this j
will be seen that Captain Lawson must IN
Willingly have passed the north coas
somewhere about his Mount Hercules IN,
must have found mis- great river system AM
the cataract and the great Chingoo-mala
itself from 200 to 800 miles out upon IN.
northern sea.
There are discoveries in zoology tina
mark the work as real discovery. The ape
are interesting. The explorer is patheti
in his narrative OF the shooting Of a pal
Of monkeys; il went against the grain. bu
he had TO do it in the interests OF biology
More than once he dimes upon buffalo; a