The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09
river OF DOUBT"
TO BE PLACED ON
BRAz|L'S CHARTS
Official Map With ''Rio Roose-
welt" Being Prepared for :
Government.

The "River of Doubt" Is to get on
the map, and if the Brazilian Govern
ment can make it possible this jungle
stream in Brazil will perpetuate Tor
all time the exploration trip or Col
oneI Roosevelt under the name OF the
"Rio Roosevelt" which will leave only
one question open for continued dis
>cussion by explorers and geOgrapners
the question Of whether or not the
waters at certain points of the river
flow uphill or down. This informa-
ton was brought here by George X.
Cherrie, naturalist and collector for
the American Museum of Natural His
tory, who returned from an exploring
trip Of ten months on Tuesday, via the
steamship Rio de Janeiro, from Para.
He was a member of the Roosevelt
expedition and was forced to return
on that previous trip with his work
incomplete because Of the serious I'M
ness Of Colonel Roosevelt with jungle
fever.
''An official map is being, prepared
by the Brazilian Government to mark
the river as the Rio Roosevelt" said
Mr.. Cherrie yesterday. Records con-
corning the river and its adjacent ter
ritory and other sections traversed by
the Roosevelt expedition are being
prepared from copies of the data OBJ
tanned by Colonel Roosevelt. 1t may
be recalled that Colonel Rondon, chief
Of the Brazil Telegraph Communica-
tons, discovered the source of this
stream, but the main part of the river,
then unexplored, he named the "Riv-
er Of Doubt" He says Colonel Roose-
welt has removed the doubt"
Mr.. Cherrie brought back some s.
900 bird and animal skins and speci-
mems and 1900 photographs Of wild
animal life for the museum. This was
his twenty eighth tropical exploration
trip. He had only native guides fol
companions throughout his long stay
in the jungle. After weeks of trave
on small. boats muleback, and afoot
Cherrie and his native guides reached
their headquarters near the Paraguay
River, in the marsh regions Of the
State or Matte Crosse, Brazil.
'From this point we worked back
and forth for a distance of 100 miles,
said Mr.. Cherrie. Contrary to popu.
lar Impressions Of the bird life Of this
part Of the tropics, we found that
most Of the birds were inconspicuous
in co1orings, although there were q
lew exceptions OIL DT1lI1duC p1uHdSc
Most of them were birds Of dull-gray
color"
Some of the specimens obtained in
Guide birds. eggs, and nests not known
to science. One Of the Photographic
shows a Brazilian ostrich, which Is
less than half the size of the African
specimens. This picture was taken
when the male ostrich was sitting or
a nest a yard square, containing thir.
ty-seven eggs. The naturalist spent
many hours and many days in ap.
preaching birds and animals for these
pictures.
Snakes didn't bother us much IN
daylight, but at night they moved
about in such numbers that we had te
keep close to the campfire" said he
I'VE found the greatest paradise OF
deer that had ever come across any.
where, and I have had large expert
ence with that game. One day we
came across a group Of forty deer
They inhabited the marsh regions
where we had to hunt them on horse.
back. An American ranchman sup.
piled us with the hunting mounts