Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-11

on exhibition at st. Petersburg, or Perc.
grad, as the Russians have it, va
The three races named are believed TO haf,
had their origin in this part of the world butl
heretofore no systematic effort has ben
made to trace their carly history by explos.
ton in the region. 1t is the intention ai
Doctor Fisher to remain until forced out BY
the spring thaws of 1916, should the discover.
les warrant so long a stay. When the party
was last heard from it had just started ID
penetrate the region along the bank Of ths
Yenese River. All supplies are carried a
pack animals or sledges. No further word i
expected from Doctor Fisher until the er.
pedition returns to civilization.
Where the War Was a Help
Curiously enough the war in Europe has
proven of immense benefit to the explores
In Egypt Austrian and German scientsa
were conducting digging operations prior to
the start of the war, and the English slis
were active. The demand for expert natlfi
diggers was greater than the supply somi
difhculty had been experienced by the Penn.
sylvania Museum workers. but when hostll.
ties started the German, Austrian and Eng
lish activities were suspended, and since thai
time the American eXplora ations have been
going forward with great rapldty. The In.
portance of this work is perhaps best ID.
stanced by the discovery by one Of the pr
vious museum expeditions of section Ola
clay tablet containing the earliest history d
the flood known TO be existent. This is nos
on exhibition at the museum
The Amazon expedition has been In th
field almost two years working near tM
storied land Of the Ancient Incas, about tha
only South American race OF olden times q
which much was known prior to Doctor Far
rabee's work. His party has penetrated lfl
country on the borders of the Guianas ala
Brazil and at last accounts was $500 nils
up the Amazon on the eastern slope Of hi
Andes
Present-day potters may learn somethlH
new of their craft as the result Of this e.
pedition, which has worked from the aIaH
against obstacles. For time 1t was hsh
up by the impossibility of getting cash. due
to the collapse of international exchapls
when the war started, About a hundrea
specimens of pottery of varying sizes hass
been sent back by Doctor Farrabee,
They are the work of the Conebo Indlsas
a race without traditions or the slighteA
knowledge of it's root-men who have 2
other art but who make wonderful vases
a secret clay. There is no kiln In the Unllss
States large enough to bake the blggeai q
these bowls. according to pottery experts 70
have inspected them at the museum, but p
most remarkable fact about them is ga
their makers have no potter's wheel. SOM
of these pots are as thin as paper, The lais'
est, three feet high and as many in diamssH
are not more than half an inch thick
full description of the Conebo indians p
not yet been written by Doctor Farrabee aHa
1t is being awaited with deep interest al 20
museum.
Actual work in China will not be staFiss
by the Bishop expedition for at least yer
The interim will be spent in Japan examlH
ing collections of ancient Chinese art aa
tanned by the princes of the Land OF Aippoa
Doctor Bishop expects to learn from thss
collections where to conduct his search =
China and what he may expect TO md. n
expedition is peculiar in that so htus
known of the Chinese art that the exploia
does not know exactly what he is looaa'
for.