The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-09

TAUW JUUhNLI III
DESERT OF COBB.
EXPOSITION Regarded as One
OF Most Remarkable Ever
Put ON in ASia-SpeCimenS
in Plenty Are Collected.
PEkING, Dec. 9,-Roy Chapman An.
crews, curator of the American Museum
OF nAlorai History and leader of the
museums second Asiatic expedition,
VINO has Just returned with Mrs. An.
crews from a hunting and collecting trin
o{ i've months INTO Outer Mongolia, saws |
ina Aus Monaghan expedition has been
ms most guecessful in many years,
sa1. ena Mrs Andrews left Kalgan, !
me starting point for the great Mon.
conan plateau, on May 10, travelling |
across the Cobb desert by motor raS |
with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles l.. Coltman. |
OF the Monaghan Trading company
Ihsy had with them two Chinese cooks
go -N1bAPPNu WIN llltE6. dIIlIlllnl~ I
lion food, Photographic supplies and
me remaining paraphernalia OF a hunt. |
ln9 ana exploring expedition sufficient
Tor six months.
Crossing of Desert.
The ride across the Cobb desert "a
the capital Of Outer Mongolia, |
Took seven days, In the course of which, |
they had frequent opportunities to shoot
saIelope, which they found in herds
Wttnln easy range OF their car. on one
occasion q wolf followed the motor, to.
gsther with the antelope, but started
W Y away as soon as he saw the
rIIes o. Its occupants. Mr.. Andrews
ordered the chauffeur to put on fun
speed ana pursue the wolf, and after,
snort but exciting chase the animal
vas shot by a huntsman standing on
ne running board of the car as It trav.
sIed % miles an hour. On this trip, too,
mr.. and Mrs. Andrews took q number
Of moving pictures of antelope from the |
car while 1t was running more than so
,1 rs an hour, me antelope making 40
miles and sometimes more with ease,
After q few days spent in Urga for
she purpose OF buying ponies and other
local camping equipment, the Andrews
party went out into the Monaghan plain
70 the west and southwest on a six
weeks expedition after antelope and
small game. In the course Of its trim
the party covered more thar 1000 miles
on horseback at the rate Of from IA to
~ miles a day. During the entire six
weeks they saw only one person tray-
eilng on foot, Every man, woman and
horse, and the PEOPLE are sometimes
to their horses. "
The Second Expedition.
On July Is Mr.. and Mrs. Andrews re-.
| turned IN IITU1 tn uguntaak1~ kt.ns- $500
mems and refit for aNsecond expedi-
tlon; this time into the wild and unin- |
nabited country toward the Siberian,
frontier to the north or Urga.
After establishing a base camp at
which to leave their servants and the
main part of their outfit, thew started
out for the deeply wooded northern
mountains with their Monaghan hunters
ana an equipment consisting OF one
nsht tent, w sleeping bags and the
absolutely necessary food and ammuni-
tion.. They found the country heavily
wooded and covered with masses Of
msrVelously colored blue aud green
wild flowers, among them a species Of
the g%entian: Both the flora and fauna |
were typicslly northern, in distinct con- |
trast to the districts to the south and
southwest OF Urga. where they were |
typical Of the Central Asian plain. The
summer season in this northern dis |
trict is short, as in Alaska, lasting only !
from May to late September; and while |
ne Gays were comfortably warm. the
nights were cool enough for fyr. lined |
sleeping bags, The winter temkerature |
p this district, according to Mr.. An |
drews, drops as low as 20 degrees |
Fahrenheit below zero.
In this district Mr.. Andrews shot a
number of moose, wild boar. elk, roe.
Duck \ waplu besides trapping nu-
merous smaller mammals which were
valuable scientifically. The party also
shot one ptarmigsn, its fetal bag of
animals Of all kinds during the north
ern. expedition coming to 1000 mann
mails and 100 birds.
MIR. and Mrs. Andrews say that Mon
golla has many charms, but that 1t
also has many drawback. The Mongois
are very ikeable and attractive on first
ACQUAINTANCE and have more charm
than other Orientals, but they are in.
dependent and not susceptible to for
lthey never come down from the first
prices they have named for their wares,
no matter how ridioulously high this
price may be. They have no Idea OF
The market value Of either their goods
or their labor and would think nothing
OF charging 1900 for a simple table and
Z pair or chairs. Nor do they do kind
nesses .eheaply. On the way back to
China from Urga Mr.. Coleman had the
bad luck to get his motor car stuck
IN the mud, As he was unable to drive
Or pull 1t out, he called a number of
Moigols to his assistance, but IL took
him three hours Of bargaining to per-
suade these nomads to lend first aid
in return for SIS, The first price was
$50, n 1t took them just two minutes
to pull the car from the mud TO dry |
land.
Returns by Motor,
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrews returned to |
Picking by the Chinese motor service |
from urga to kalgan and had an eX- |
citing tlmo all the way. The Chinese
Chauffeurs, they say, drive recklessly
and know little or nothing of their en-
gines, very undesirable qualities for a
chauffeur on a long journey across a
rough and roadless country. On one
occasion their car broke down In the
middle of the Cobb desert, and the driv- |
or, after looking at the engine, sat
down in the sand and lighted a oigaret,
preparing to wait until someone who
knew enough about motor cars came
10 repair the damage, and the car final
~ got safely to Kalgan.
The second Asiatie expedition Of the
American Museum Of Natural History
win make TIVE more expeditions into the
interior OF China before returning to
the United states next February, and
on both OF these Mr.. Andrews will be
accompanied by Harry Caldwell, the
| american missionary, with whom he
| hunted tiger n,Fukien province In 1915.
The first trip already has taken Messrs.
| Andrews and Caldwell into Inner Men
| Rolia whern the will hunt big game.