The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-06-19
MAPLEss REGIONS
An Eighth OF the Worlds Land
Surface Still Unexplored.
AREAS WRAPPED IN MYSTERY.
"Ths Dwelling Of the Void" In Arabia
10 Supposed to Be the Most DesoIate
Waste on the Globe-New Guinea
Has eaffled Countless Expeditions.

| waste on -the S'ope-NeW Suinea
Has Baffled Countless Expeditions.
1t would seem as though this little
world of ours should I've pretty thor
oughly known by this time. yet there
are many UNEMPLOYED territories which
have yet to receive the impress of a
human foot and which doubtless. like
the north and south polar regions will
take their toll of heroic victims from
the hardy explorers who first enter
their closed portals.
On rough estimate about I.O00,O0O
square miles. or one-eighth of the to-
tai land surface of the world. are wait
ing to be discovered. Some 100000
square miles of this lie In the arctic
| regions of the north, but among the
frozen tracts that form antarctic" in
the south. where Scott and his gallant
followers were penetrating. nearly
100000 square miles are relegated to
the sole use of whales. seals. pen
guins petrels and other animal and
bird Inhabitants Of frozen homes.
1t is true that human habita tons
could never be formed I'm such clmes
as these. but the scientific world is
ever eager for the discoveries of ex.
plorers. ana even among uninha bited
districts their work is never wasted
In Arabia there exists II tract of uu-
explored country nearly five times rs
large as Great Britain. 1t stretches
oil IN ha nsf
coast and is called Dahkna. or 1.-The
Dwelling Of the Void" Probably no
more desolate waste Is to be found In
the globe. for not n single river Is es-
timated to flow throughout its entire
100000 square miles. Imagine Ger
many and France combined without
river or stream and you will gain some
idea of the parched condition of Dahk-
ma. The Sahara Is blissful retreat
by comparison.
Some authorities state that the
whole desert Is not worth the price CT
a good malacca cane. Others give ere
dence to the legend that treasures and
hidden cities lie In the heart Of the
sands.
OF quite different character are
the enormous mountain Businesses OF
South America. which lie along the
upper Amazon aud in the districts OF
Colombia and Peru. The celebrated
treasure of CuzcO lies secreted among
the Peruvian heights. Impenetrable
forests. mountain jungles and innu-
merable fever spreading rivers hold
the most intrepid adventures at bay.
to say nothing of carnivorous ants.
malignant snakes, water moccasins
and those most deadly of serpents. an
acondas. During recent years over
dozen expeditions have been either
wholly or partially wiped out in their
efforts to wrestle with these regions.
Although the famous Ell Dorado.
which set the sixteenth century ablaze.
generally might fittingly be called FL
Dorado. from the rich minerals and
priceless stones emanating therefrom.
Strange. wild eyed men descend oc-
casionally from the mountains. bring
ing wonderful fragments with them.
But they refuse to act as guides to
those who would accompany them
back.
1t Is curious to realize that vast pOr
lions of the British empire have never
been seen by British eyes or the eyes
Of any white men. Nearly quarter
Of Australia is still UNEMPLOYED, mainly
IN the west. where the population av'
erages only one person In about every
twenty square miles.
New Guinea has baffied countless
expeditions. though many are still try
ing TO fight their way inland from the
coast. Despite the fact that the inte-
rior of this island is practically a geo
graphical blank. IL Is neatly divided
on the maps between Britain. Germa-
ny and Holland. Among its products
are birds of paradise, spices and can
nibals.
trict which has 50 far deied civiliza'
ton lies secreted among the Himalaya
mountains. RumOr accounts that II
is presided over by women. who are
responsible for such rude laws as are
necessary even in lawless district. |
manage the affairs of state and live In
a luxury of inverted MOrmonism by |
possessing four or five husbands apiece
To the hill men are relegated all the |
rough tasks and mental labors. Mere |
man" is of small account beside these
Himalayan amazons. But We may as
sumo that In due season the men will |
rise TO claim their vote.
The foregoing selection does not ex'
haust by any means the list Of geo
graphical blanks waiting to be filled
Before the atlas complete can lie on
our shelves we must penetrate the
darker haunts Of Borneo, North Ameri
ca. the Kongo basin, the 700 mile
mountain range that stretches from
Der Fur into the heart OF Sahara and
numerous other spaces.-London An'
swers.
Could Spot Him.
Yaast-So clear il the maintain Of