The Brunswick news., 1913-04-25
ON EXPEDITION To
THE AMAZON RIVER
MEN SENT OUT BY PENNsYLvA.
MA MusiUM ON A PERIL
Gus TRIP.
WILL Be GONE THREE YEARS
Party or Board the Yacht Pennsyiva-
MIA Stop in THIS Port for a Few
Repairs Before Starting on Most
Adventurous Trip Of Modern Times.

En- route on one Of the most adyen-
turous VOYAGES OF modern times, the
steam yacht Pennsylvania. the prop
erty of the University Of pennsyl,a.
nis IS in Brunswick undergoing a
number Of repairs before proceeding
on her voyage, thich will last for
approximately three.years, and which
will be one Of the most daring expe
dition lfips of modern times.
The yacht is bound for Brazil, with
daring party OF explorers. whose
purpose is penetrating TO the far
reaches q the Amazon. greatest riy-
er IN the world, and to the headwa-
ters OF many of its mighty tributaries
in the interest Of science and human
ity They seek what is known as the
Lost world" in the BASIN Of the Am
ssea
The expedition has been onganized
and equipped by The University ina
scum. 1t win be gone about three
years and Is expected TO penetrate to
regions never b. ore visited by white
men. The greatest Of the few re
naming wild places Of the earth Is
expected to yield up some OF its mys-
teries TO the men of science and to
the adventurous souls who accompany
Them
The chief object Of the expedition
will be the obtaining OF faunal flo
raj and chronological specimens for
the museum; the charting and map
ping Of unknown sRrirory and the
study Of tropical diseases
The Pennsylvania, which is I36
feet overall, 23S beam ana liz
dranght, is in command OF Capt. ].
II. Bowen. L. S. n. retired He viii
represent the hydrophical and nauti-
cal interests ON the trip and expects
10 do a little work for the Carnegie
library and will also make surveys
for the benefit OF the navy depart
ment The expedition is in charge OF
DR. William G. F'arrabee. curator OF
the American section Of the museum.
His chief associates are DR. Franklin
b. Church, an authority on tropical
medicine, who will make deep
study Of tropical diseases, and at the
same time make a collection Of un-
known animals for the Academy oi
Natural Science, and secure unknown
specimens Of fish for the University
Of Indiana, and Sandy McNab, tray
eler Of wide experience and scien-
tist
The crew Of the Pennsylvania is
composed Of picked men, all Of whom
are familiar with tropical conditions.
They are: Chief mate Harry Worth;
second mate, Mr. Evans; chief engi-
neer. Anders Anderson; firemen, Olaf
J. Holland, William Derr and Peter
Nernsen. The rest Of the crew are
seamen. Each man on the yacht is
equipped with kodak furthermore
each man has made will. Each car
ries a revolver. ammunition and
large hunting knife
The Pennsylvania is amply snEp
Piled with scientific instrmnentsAnd
canoes. which win be used foFsriyer
trips where larger craft wifFnot be
serviceabIe. The yacht Hies the
Brazilian flag on her faseJnast, the
University Of PenngylYapia coiors
from the stern mast and the Ameri-
can flag flying from the stern OF the
5cGs.
The trip is estimated to include
abcunf $4,000 miles to the Amazon
riy Brazil and a cruise along the
sosh America The yacht
tie marine railway Of the
enIl Engineering company
ana De khere for several days ln-
der 7pairs. The next stop, aft
this port vail be at Palm