The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28

Reaching the interior DR.. Lumholtz came
upon few stones bearing upon them in
scriptions in Hindu. These, he said, were
relics of the Hindu missionaries who ira
versed Asia 400 or 500 years after Christ
to teach their religion They made no last
ing impress upon the Dyaks. The Malays
of the coast however, succumbed to the
teachings of Arab missionaries who visited
the island and others of the archipelago
several hundred years ago to spread the Mo-
hammedan religion. Sultanates were also
established and there are still Malay sui
tans, but these exercise no influence over
the Dyaks, who, with the supervision of the
Dutch, govern themselves.
After leaving the Busang River DIR. Lum-
holtz led his party back to the coast by way
Of the Mahakan River. Although he had
spent nine months in the interior and trav-
elled 1850 kilometers (more than 1000
miles,, he could not cover the enormous
territory Of the island He spent more than
two years in his explorations, which in
Guided several other expeditions to the in
terror
Many Geological Wonders
Remain to Be Traced Down
From Dutch officials DR.. Lumholtz heard
stories OF geological wonders yet uncov-
cred in the other islands Of the Dutch East
lnOleS group. Alfred RuSSel wallace an
English naturalist and friend of Darwin,
spent eight years in the archipelago without
exhausting its natural wonders. One official
described an enormous lizard, said to equal
a crocodile in size, which lives on one of
the smaller islands These lizards would
climb trees when attacked.
There are hundreds of islands which con-
tain vast wealth for the exploring zoologist.
botanist or ethnologist," DIR. Lumholtz said.
I-xya,, fha pant Of ArIct
are places where white men have never set
foot. These are principally in deserts in the
western part. In the east are thick jungles,
for the rainfall is very heavy"
Although the East is his field, DIR. Lum-
holtz spent eight years among the noun
tains of Mexico. particularly in the Sierra
chain the extension in Mexico of the Rocky
Mountains. In the States Of Jalisco, Mi
choacan and Topic Territory, which lie gen
orally west of Mexico city, he studied In
dian tribes, particularly the Huicholes
tribe which he found in Jalisco on noun
tain spur about 5000 feet above the sea.
There are still regions in Mexico where
white men have not penetrated so far as
the records show
The Huicholes are cousins of the Aztec
Indians, who were in their glory when
Cortez invaded Mexico. Their ceremonies
and customs are of much interest and
among the mountains are sacred caves filled
with symbolic objects.
THE world will eventually be known, and
all it's flora, fauna and races charted Dr.
Lumholtz said, but do not believe we Will
accomplish this for a century or two. II
is a huge task and although most of the
first part actual discovery. has been ac-
compshed, a great amount of work sun
remains for the scientist to do"
And even though he has not several NE
times at his disposal Dr. Lumholtz is under
taking what appears to be the biggest piece
of exploration yet remaining, the crossing
of the junges and snow capped mountain
range of the island of New Guinea, the
largest after Australia, in the world, and
the least known spot on earth.