, 1916-11-30
A Wonderful Demonstration,

I'm III W dllCt Vi lne. our nerOpS
of h occasion was the signal
VI for a remarkable demonstra.
ton of welcome, the whole
audience rising and cheering for some
minutes. An acute observer might,
however. have detected some signs OF
dissent amid the applause and gath.
cred that the proceedings were likely
to become more lively than harmonf.
GUS. 1t may safely be prophesied. how.
ever. that no one could have ~foreseen
the extraordinary turn which they
were actually to take.
o the appearance OF the four wan.
derers little need be said, since their
photographs have for some time beer
appearing in all the papers. They
bear few traces of the h%ardships which
they are said to have undergone. Pro
lessor Challenger's beard may be more
shaggy, Professor Summerlee's fea-
lures more ascetic. Lord John ROXton's
figure more gaunt, and all three may
be burned to a darker tint than when
they left our shores. but each appear
ed to be In most excellent health. AS
to our w representative, the well
known athlete and international Rug.
by football player. e. d. Malone. he
looks trained to a hair. and as he
surveyed the crowd a smile of good
humored contentment pervaded his
honest but homely face" (All right.
Mac. wait till | get you alonen
When quiet had been restored and
the audience resumed their seats after
the ovation which they had given to
the travellers the chairman, the Duke
of Durham, addressed the meeting.
He would not he said, stand for more
than a m between that vast as
sembly and the treat which lay before
them. 1t was not for him to anticipate
what Professor Summerlee, who was
the spokesman of the committee. had
to say to them, but it was common ru-
NOR that their expedition had been
crowned by extraordinary success
(Applausel
Professor Summerlee's rising was
the signal for another extraordinary
outbreak of enthusiasm, which broke
out again at intervals throughout his
address. Having described the genesis
of their journey and paid a handsome
tribute to his friend. Professor Chal-
lenRer. coupled with an apology for the
incredulity with which his assertions.
now fully vindlcated. had been receiv.
ed. he gave the actual curse OF their
journey. carefully Withholding such in
formation as would aid the public in
any attempt to locate this remarkable
plateau. Having described in general
terms their course from the main river
up to the time that they actually reach
ed the base of the cliffs. he enthralled
his hearers by his account Of the diff
culties encountered by the expedition
them and finally described how they
succeeded in their desperate endeavors
Zone had to pinch oneself to be sure
that one was awake as one heard this
sane and practical professor In cold.
measured tones describing the mon
strous three eyed fish lizards and the
huge water snakes which inhablt an
enchanted sheet OF water. Next he
touched upon the Indians and upon the
extraordinary colony of anthropoid
apes, which might be looked upon as
an advance upon h pithecanthropus
of Java and as coming. therefore. near
err tina any known form to that ny
pothetical c~reation-the missing link.
Finally he described, amid some mer-
riment. the ingenious but highly dan
gerous aeronautic Invention of Pro
lessor Challenger and wound up a
most memorable address by an ac-
count of the methods by which the
committee did a last find its way back
to civilization.
ut had been hoped that the proceed
ings would end there and that a vote
of thanks and co~ngratulation moved
by Professor Sergius of Upsala uni
yersity would be duly seconded and
carried. But 1t was soon evident Ia u
the course of events was not destined
to dow so smoothly Symptoms Of op-