The Washington herald., 1914-05-27

days journey further on
I'VE then journed three weeks further
on. We got near this great tributary
which Ii here. which 10 the Gyparans
but on the map that Gyparana IL two
degrees Of longitude out Of position. Its
course u really about where the Jamaire
V on the map put down n running. I
could not trace out our course with
reference to the map. because we would
have to make impossible xigxags In order
to cross on the map the rivers that we
actually crossed.
Now we came down to this point
here Indicating on the map). There
on the map 10 mountain. There
was really a valley with q river fiow-
ing down the middle. On this map,
which is the best modern map, the
map produced for me by Mr.. Gros-
venor. as representing the latest in
there is q river risifE here. 1t does
nothing OF the kind. 1t does not run
anywhere near It. Here are those
rivers heading up there. They do not
head up there. We went down an
other river, where their sources are
supposed to be, and these mountains
are almost rs Irrelevant to the actual
facts as are the rivers themselves.
You can see. as I said, better, on this
map here. Here IL the Tapa1os. Here
is the Gyparana running into the
you will fnd 4 little river in about nve
and one-half degrees. / think the
actual course 10 about 5.12 or sis, but
very nearly 5h, a little river put on
there and put down here dotted with
out any name.
Tells of Discovering River.
a,rh... - oth.r ena .narIar nor~
on which I have seen the name put
hown of but II Is NOT
Mere. 1t il little creek; not q river
at all As q matter Of fact, that little
dotted creek without q name is q
much bigger river at the mouth, even
In point of volume Of water, than all
these other tributaries Of the Ma
deira.
'Tt was into that that We finally
debouched. We found a river-that 10
that black sppt in there Indicating
on the map)-with no hint or sugges-
tion on the map. repeat. that there
Is not . hint or . suggestion.
81 want you to look at this map. This
is Bartholomew map Of South America.
want you to be able to check on for
yourselves exactly the statement that i
make. Mr. Grosvener will Slet any one
see and examine for himself that map.
Any one can buy these Bartholomew
maps. which are the ones furnished to
me by the National Museum when We,
started down South: and they are just
as good as any other maps. There Isl
not a hint or q suggestion Of any big
river between the Dubitas and the Ma
deria, except that this map gives in
correctly that river as flowing where II
does not now. With that river We have
nothing to do.
I'VE found that this river. called
the Duvida (river Of darkness). arose
between the fifty-ninth and sixtieth
of longitude west from Green
wich, just north Of the thirteenth degree
Of latitude. south. 1t at first flowed west.
and then south. and then flowed north.
originally as q mountainous timber
choked brook, not navigable until In
latitude twelve degrees one minute south,
and longitude sixty degrees and eighteen
west-about. In each case; maybe |
two or three minutes wrong.
I'VE crossed the telegraph line At a
point where IL becomes navigable, and II |
was there that We embarked. and We Il
hen ran On down about sfive degrees. 1
I will put II In here. / do not know /
those in the rear Of the hall can
zee 1t. but I have put in there now that
liver as We have put It on the map.
r Nd1t " CELL youT oktChdou W tuc
act that am using my terms with scien-
ific precision, and when I say put it on
he map ! mean what I say. I, mean
hat 1t Is not on any map, and that wei
,sve pdt it on fhe map.
Unk,own to Map Makers.
ct will come later 10 tell you what
my civilized man before and what part |
II It had already been known to the
ubber gatherers, but absolutely un-
,nown to any map maker; to these map
makers here that I have quoted to you
English, German, French, American or
Of them knowing any>t
hing about 1t at all. III
IT want to mention another fact II a
nan states that he has been up a snow
that has never been previously
scended. twelve months afterward there
5 not a physical sign remaining of his
aving goneSup there. But q river stays
ut. III
II went down that river, going down
here for the first time, and Of course,
ndeavorine to-map II in detail. 1t is
iuch easier now for any one to follow
8; and IL this geographic society or any
ther responsible organization wishes to
and a man to or down that. river I will
i've him letters Of Introduction and ad-
Ice which will enable him, with COM
aratively little difficulty. to go over the
1tire course OF that river and report
a all the features in detail, which Of
purse, the first explorers necessarily
fetched in outline. He will. Of course,
ave to take a long and hard and q
hazardous journey, and he will
have to spend some time and
,me money. get canoes. dugouts built,
u food assembled, get rowers, and go |
yer there to that point where I made II
le crossing and where we embarked, and II
, down through the unknown gorses.
That will take some time It will
Iean some expense. It will mean hard
lip and risk. But II he only wishes to
D up there Indicating on map)-and IL
not on any map; 1t Is . river the size
the Elbe or the Rhine, but not on 4
ny map, not on these maps that we are III
ssured are brought up to date. II he N
ishes to do that that Is an easy thing. iii
will give him letters to a rubber man Hi
no will unquestionably assist him to ger III
lie canoes and the rowers that will en- II
Die him to ascend as far as the low III
It of the uppermost rapids and come III
lex again, covering two-thirds of the iii
Stance and going up to the tenth de. II
zee. iii
And this river. of about the size of tbe
lbe or the Rhine. through q region Il
hich, on the maps issued TODAY. The III
st maps. il not shown at all, Is itself
It shown on any map. Anybody can III
} up there and see for himself what II
Is been done and can go through the
ork in detail, as cannot now ~ II
E made our exploration go through IL iii