The New York herald., 1922-12-24
FILM STRANGE WILD LIFE
HIDDEN WITHIN MONGOLIA

the story of the ice age when enormous
glaciers scooped out whole mountain
sides. We spent many weeks in this
wonder country, photographing not only
the Lama City and it's quaint inhab
ants, but the primitive folk around our
only timber camp in the mountains north
of the river, where the burly long haired
Yak is used nearly exclusively as beast
of burden.
This section was rich in geology. a
paradise for our hunters and trappers
who were fast increasing our geological
but it still left lot to be
desired. Andrews. our leader, and
Granger, our paleontologfst, We're getting
restless. This country was worthless
as far as fossils were concerned, while
wonderful tales were being told in awed
tones by the natives of boundless bad
lands to the south where bones as big
as a. mans body were lying about on
the surface. SO. on the 18th Of June we
headed south into the desert Of Cobb in
the wake of our 'camels.
Find Land OF Game.
Here again many marvellous things
lay i'm walt for us. We found not the
burning sand desert of which we had
heard fairy tales. wherein dwelt the
'Oli-gi-ooor- headless monster with
out tail, legs or eyes, whose poison was
so deadly that to touch 1t even with a
stick meant instant death. but instead
we found wonderful mountains, lakes,
rivers and broad, fiat valleys. wherein
roamed countless herds of wild game,
antelope. gazelle and wild ass.
'It was in one of these beautiful val
leys that we made our longest camp,
one of five weeks, and it was also our
most productive one. We were camped
about fifty feet from the waters edge
on Lake Tsagan Nor. Across the lake
and to the south were the Altai Noun
tains. Boga Bogda. a magnificent peak
of 10000 feet, being just twelve miles
away. Between the mountains and the
lake was strip of sand dunes about
twenty miles long and three miles wide
From our camp we witnessed many
a terrific sand storm in these dunes
while where we were was perfectly calm
On the other side of us and TO the south
was a big plain twenty or thirty miles,
fiat and smooth as a floor. On this plain
we had many thrilling clases after an
telope and wild ass in a motor car. We
captured some of the young. roping one
young wild ass from the car while run
ming at the rate of twenty miles an
hour
Run Down Wild stallion.
- "A full grown wild ass was far too
powerful to attempt TO rope. so one
day we singled out beautiful stallion
and proceeded to run him down. We
were in the Dodge touring car. An
drews driving and at the camera ]
was all over the ear. from aum 10
stern. shooting him at all angles V th
the Graflex, then again | was gri'din Z
off yards of film. many times get,ing
so close that he filled the screen. lie
averaged thirty-five miles an hour for
the first fifteen miles, twenty. miles an
hour for the next ten. then gradually
slowed down till at last we were able
TO herd him as we pleased. In the end
we walked him to within n few hum
dred yards of the camp before he finally
lay down utterly exhausted.
We found that he had gone over
thirty-two miles and in bursts of speed
al the start had run as fast as forty
five miles an hour. His endurance and
gameness were remarkable. but he was
so tagged out that he allowed us TO give
him q drink and pat him. We washed
him off, gave him good rundown and
after photographing him from every
angle turned him loose. for the moment
very much tanned wild ass.
1T was in this valley that Granger
| found the now famous Baluchi.heriun
skull. find that has astounded tho
/ scientific world. IT was here also thai
we found complete dinosaur skeletons
new species in fact. rhEoceros
wapitiS fossil fish, mosquitoes and crabs
/ We caught live fish, a new species, out
of the lake that has been lsndlocket
t.n I.U af u-a
here we filmed the semi-ycsrly festiva
and feast when the natives gather II
/ contests OF skill They have horse races
camel races. wild horse roping and rid
/ ing, wrestling and many other sports
after which some feasting and cele'
/ brating.
Hunt sheep and hex.
"It was upon the wise judgmen. o
our leader Andrews, who had made tive
trips before into Mongolia, that we do
| cided 10 head homeward. and so th'
middle OF August found us we'll on oui
way southwestward. for 10 hs caugh
I'm that far off region ly lie terrific
/ blizzards that sweep down from Siberi'
would mean that we would have to de
sert the cars apd make our way out b,
| camel, On the way out we stopped a
/ the eastern emo OF Nilt hittiS hi'
hunted sheep and ibex. Andrews secui
ing fine group of each for the museum
"Further discoveries were made o
immense fossil helds. and In one ploc'
we found fossil filled strata the ag'
/ Of which could rot be determined. Here
We gathered unknown reptile skulls
! turtle shells and even complete fcssi
egg shells.
1--WE arrived back In lSalean on Sep
tember 20. having spent just Ave month;
IN Mongolia. All the cars came back II
fine condition and every ono in the bes
of health. We had photographed 2O,00'
feet OF film OF every phase Of native
life the work Of the expedition and prac
tically all the wild animal lie.
I'VE had a caravan loaded with fos
sils and geological specimens and ovel
$500 geological specimens. complete
route map OF every mile ot the 5000
miles travorsed In fact. the expedition
has been successful far beyond the hope:
of MIR. Andrews. the American Museum
and. all lts contributors"