The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-08
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TAs ALBERTA The RIGGS YACHT
Explorers Aim to Reach Source of the
Orinoco, Where No White Man Has
Set Foot, and Trace the White
Indians of Legendary Fame
BY JOHN Ntzhugh, STUART.

Quinne of ten grains every other day
for about two weeks before he goes in.
while he is in and for about two weeks
after he comes out. Then he will not
get the fever. After a time imagine
n white man would become immune 10
fever like the natives and would not
have to continue the quinine II he
lived there Then he must protect
himself absolutely from the bites OF
certain insects. His living quarters
must be carefully screened and as
rule he should wear a gauze mask and
gloves. There are certain skin dis
eases which he must guard against
and he must be reasonably careful of
the water he drinks. There Is white
water and black water One flows
over a gravelly bottom and is safe TO
drink The other flows over decayed
vegetation and 10 deadly unless 1t is
boiled.
Il speak the languages Of most Of
the natives and get along finely with
| them. l have been there so often
that they all either know me or know
Of me. and can get them to do almost
anything for me. All these natives
need Is the right treatment and a lit
tie education TO make them admirable
citizens"
DR. Rice has just been released from
! service in the navy. where he held a
I commission as Lieutenant Commander
and was connected with the navigation
school at Newport throughout the war
We missed a lot of excitement" he
said laughingly, "but we turned out
\ ax-iU
| DIR. Rice has become expert in navi-
cation through the work he has al
ready done in mapping the wilderness,
He expects unusual accuracy on his
present trip because he will carry a
wireless set capable of receiving the
daily time signals from Arlington.
With these accurately applied to his
position he can work out his longl-
tude within a few Yards and with his
observations OF the heavenly bodies
he can get his latitude within fifty
feet.
He has Just received from England
a rev three angle sextant and a
Padgett navigraph, which will enable
him to work out these positions as he
: proceeds in his launch from point u
point at speed of six TO eight miles
an hour. The maps that he thus vii
be enabled to make will he as accurate
as any that are available for almost
any part Of the globe.
Mrs. Rice n Scientist, Too.
Mrs. Rice, who is also a scientis
of no mean attachments. is as enthusi
astic about the venture as is her hus
band. And she looks upon 1t from thu
same scientific viewpoint as does he.
Now please" she said TO me. don
be absurd and make this look danger
Gus, for II you do all our friends arr
going to worry about us, and their
isn't the slightest cause for worry
Mrs. Rice Is the daughter of th'
> late Senator stephen b. Elkins Hel
first husband was George ID. Widener
a victim of the Titanic disaster. Mrs
l Rice was saved from the III fatet
liner. As a memorial she built thu
l Widener Museum at Harvard. He
beauty and charm have given her al
important place in Philadelphia, New
Y York. Newport and Boston society, bu
= she has devoted most of her time il
recent years to her own sclentlf
work.
Both she and DIR. Rice present
splendid picture of physical fitness. d.
Rice IL tall and broad shouldered. Hi
muscular frame Is more than visibl
apparent. His handshake would max
9 a blacksmith turn green with envy.
The launch in which DIR. and Mrs
=. Rice will make their journey is on
= of the masterpieces OF the Consolidate
. Shipbuilding Corporation. formerly tn
Gas Engine and Power and Charles
. Seabury Company OF Morris Height:
II is built not only to travel on
heavy dew but to suck the said deN
"A up into her tunnelled bottom and kic
, II out behind her. Almost half a
% broad as she Is long. her plan Is rem
iniscent of the pumpkin seed" sailln
craft OF the Great South Bay. Sh
:, 6raws only Two feet OF water.
u She has a cabin. In which seven pee
y pie will eat and sleep and study an
10 cook for many months. This cabin
not glassed In. Equatorial tempera
y lures don't require glass. But ever
!. bit OF 1t is screened. Outside the scree
ell are awnings, which hang at an angl
a all around the cabin and which can /
l. laced down in case OF a severe rain
STORM. mere Is sinai COCKPIT al
J. There are four comfortable berths an
y room for three additional shakedown
u, The boat is driven by a thirty horse
n power kerosene engine and carries
" thousand gallons OF fuel in her tank
re Her speed is about eight miles an hou
m The wireless set and the electr
I'd lights derive current from n genera
OIL ltor driven by an auxiliary engine. tt