New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07
A WOMAN EXPLORER
Mrs Harriet Chalmers Adams Relates How She
Travelled Through Unexplored Regions of
South America-The Perils and Charms of 1t.

was awakened by the crying Of a poor
mother monkey whose daughter We mad
eaten for dinner Then ever afterward
refused TO eat them if il were possible to
get anything else
Are the Andes just as wild and beau
tifu and dangerous as the biographies
say" asked the reporter
The Biographies can't begin TO give
one an idea Of them" she replied. en.hu-
siastically. You must be there yourself
and feel the thrill Of ii all to know what
II means.
we crossed the Andes four times in
saddle. and reached an elevation Of 200
feet. the summit OF Mount MIST. Peru is
like fight Of steps leading UP to roof
That roof lie the top Of the Western
World. just Ike Tibet Here are all the
lncan ruins Of the Inca race and also
the oldest city in the New World. We had
TO slide down the steps. because no reg
ular road leads down.
Guatemala is the real land OF noun
tsins. You go up and up. and as YOU
look back II is a wonderful picture II
might be likened in topography to a steep
flight of steps leading up 70 a windswept
derfu garden Natures Amazonian con-
servatory. No we'll built incline leads
down to it. so just as in Peru the ;rdv-
oller risks his life and slides off the roof
These mountain trails resemble nothing
so much as a back attic stairway after
an earthquake"
How about wild animals?" the reporter
ventured. Did you meet very many
"Oh. yes, the regular denizens OF the
Jungle We hunted considerably while in
Bolivia. and from here VIC went 10 Chill
and then to Ushuia in Terra-del-Fuego'
the most southern settlement In the
world. Then We went to Argentina, Pata-
gonia. where we hunted guanaco, That
strange wild cousin OF the llama. ana
visited islands covered with penguins. a
penguin is like tho deacon who was so
upright that he fell over backward. they
are among the swiftest aquatic birds, ana
for some strange reason scientists claim
that they are turning into FISH.
Before leaving this country We VISITED
all those inland camps. People always
think Of il as a wilderness, but it is not.
They are great sheep ranches, with so
many sheep that IL they were marched
two abreast they would reach from New
York 10 San Francisco Then, as YOU
come up. on every hand are 10 be seen
the great cattle ranches OF Argentina
which feed the world both with meat and
grain"
ONLY A PARTIAL TOUR.
ct was a wonderful trip You see II
was really only part Of trip-part OF
nv ninth trip around the world. so ! am
used to the little hardships and incon-
veniences. South America docs not
suffer a bit by comparison with the other
countries.
But / am interested in the people just
as much as the country itself she eX-
nlained in reply to question from the
reporter.
81 am Interested in the influence OF the
neonIe Of one nation on the people OF
another nation I'm the succeeding genera
tions, Aad ! am trying to decide FOR my
sclf whether environment or past asso-
ciations account for the fact that peop'e
90 diNorent nations often have similar
customs. ,..a
ON a few weeks I am going TO leave
for a three years trip through Europe 10
49,. ~ determine whether Asia peopled
America