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million dollars.
tain 10 encounter difficulties in the
more settled portions. they can prob
ably overcome them by tact and
proper understanding of the situa-
tion. Those in charge Of railroads and
other coInmrrcial projects that have
involved digging III China nave always
been able 10 compromise with pro-
Testing villagers ami they have found
even within the past ten years Il very
great change in attitude. In Tibet
conditions are even more difficult All
the gold in the country belongs TO the
Lama church and the natives can con-
ceive of only two REASONS why for
eisners should come to their country
either as gold-seekers or as mission
aries.
Obtaining the animals for the groups
in the Hall of Asiatic Life WIKI fur
nish excitement enough for the most
Cobb desert are few herds of the
only living wild horses. Moreover,
there are. in the Cobb, wild caInels and
wild asses, as well as antelopes that
can run sixty miles an hour. The
horses, asses and antelopes can be
the Mongol cowboys, and come OF the
specimens brought back alive to the
New York Geological Park. Not far
from this particular part of the desert.
mountains tower TO IL height of fifteen
| thousand feet, where there are big
| heard the crack OF IA higli-power rife.
| On the Tibetan steppes are enormous
SAX, snow leopards, giant pandas and
! beautiful golden monkeys with blue,
1 uprErned noses; soIiie of these species
arr. anon. the rarest and least known
animals of the world In China is
tie takin, creature with Il veritahie
| golden fleece" strange oXlike AMI
maI that roalns the highest mountain
! valleys and that actually represents
an Intermediate stage between The an
telope and the goat. In The forests u
A
the AInur River: Il tiger larger and
| finer than the royal Benga' of Indian
i fame, which has furnishes, sport for
kings and emperors; Il tiger living III
| Caves amid forests drifted deep with
| SNOW.
The scientific results of the third
Asiafic expedition will be embodied
In a series of volumes that should be.
for many years TO come. the stand
ard work on the natural history OF
Central apd Eastern Asia. and also IN
popular books written IN non-technicai
| language. Hf
Would. Help Chine.
i There Is a veW, real desire on the
tpart Of the sponsors for the expe,ii-
tion to make 1t d factor in the devel-
( opment of the educational life Of the
Chinese Republic. China he no insti-
tutions wherein natural history objects
can be studied and exhibited by mod
ern methods ard where the scientific
work OF her own people can be Ell
4 cnuraged and directed. 1t was there.
fore decided to invite the Chinese
government to cooperate with the ex-
petition In carrying on its work 10
the Orient. China will be invited 10
/ delegate to the expedition certain
men who have had already prelimi-
nary Instruction in various branches
of science; under the best specialists
Iii the world, these men. while in the
field, will receive training In modern
methods Of scientific exploration and
study.
When the expedition has been com
pIeted, It's sponsor will agree to de
posit I'm Picking duplicate set OF the
collections. which will form The basis
of the Chinese Museum Of Natura
History. The proposed institution vii
then have d valuable nucleus of spec
linens for exhibition and study AM
staff of expert Chinese TO carry OF
tie work. IT will remain for the GOV
erunent TO set aside 4 suitable build
I'M where the collections can b.
housed.
5 The third Asiatic expedition. witt
lis rich possibilities for milking I'M
portant discoveries in The department!
of palenntoogy, archaeology. zoology
anfhropnlogy and geography. is dies
tined to increase the prestige of tn,
United States in the world Of science
The American scientists Wis will pro
mote the advancement Of Chinese sci
ence will cooperate with the Chimes
: In in entirely new field. Americans
with far-seeing ideaIism will welcoln
an alliance Of this kind. tending I,
cement the friendly relations that al
! ready exist between the two great re
] publics of the East and the West
= They will wish 10 insure the posi-
j bility of making fhe third Asiatic ex
. pedition the greatest expedition eve
/. sent out to Increase the wealth ef h1
: man knowledge.