The New York herald., 1922-08-20
She Wades Through Marsh
Waters Waist Deep on
Her Quest.
NOW ILL WITH FEVER
Picturesque World Rover Has
International Reputation as
Big Game Hunter.

Special Cable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1929, by THE New YORK HERALp.
NASSAU, Bahamas, Aug. 19.-"Lady"
Grace Mackenzie has returned from
a three weeks expedition, in which
she visited dangerous and almost in
accessible places. On one occasion she
had to wade up to her waist at night
in marsh land and water to reach the
blinds from which she obtained day.
light pictures of the Phaenicopterus
ruber. a red f1amingo, one Of the
Oldest living creatures, whose origin
dates back to the Dinosaurs. 1t alb
solutely antedates man and is the
most ancient bird in the New World
and probably in the whole world. This
species of red flamingo is found only
in the Bahamas and is rapidly becom-
ing extinct. Lady" Mackenzie is suf-
fering from a severe attack of fever
as the result Of her exposure in the
marshes.
Lady" Mackenzie has long enjoyed
an International reputation as a big
game hunter, having penetrated deep
the wilds Of Africa. and obtaining many
valuable specimens Of birds and animals
that inhabit the jungle. At one time she
was cllwed by a lion in a fight at
close quarters. In one Of her visits to
New York she created a sensation by
driving down Broadway behind a pair
of zebras. For time she lived in an
apartment In New York with lion cub.
an ape. two wildcats and a leopard as
her official family. Once or twice she
dri, <J,o oil xxyit tha
leopard on her lap. Back in 1914 she
had ambition to be the first woman to
reach the North Pole and spoke much of
organizing an expedition, but the plan
fell through.
Narrow Escape 6rom Lion.
escape from the jaws of lion in East
Africa after she had killed seven Of
them in one week. This lion nearly
finished me before I got him. and
severely clawed one of my gun carriers" !"
Lady" Mackenzie said in telling OF this
adventure. II had killed his mate with
my last shot when he suddenly appeared
out Of the brush and charged before /
could reload. He knocked me down and
jumped over my head, landing on one
of my native attendants I regained my
feet in hurry, and. reloading. finished
the ion just as he turned to charge me
again."
In this expedition which was inter
rupted by the war, Lady Mackenzie
took along a dictaphone to obtain rec
ords of the chatter of apes. who. she
feels sure, have a language of their
own which IL properly studied. could
be learned by human beings just as
any other language. Her expedition
being cut short. however, she succeeded
only in obtaining records of the Ian
guages of various native tribes. BY
means of phonograph she tried out
the effect Of music on wild animals.
One ape was so completely charmed
by it that he was easily captured.
whitakers Peerage does not list
Lady Mackenzie. She says. however.
that her father had title. He married
a Castilian and they went to America
when Lady" Grace was years old.
She claims America as her home, al
though she spends most of her time
travelling. She is tall and of rugged
build apparently well equipped physi-
cally to Withstand hardships.
On a recent visit to New York when
asked what II was that made her con-
tinue her dangerous explorations she
said: For one thing l want to prove
that women make exactly as good ex-
plorers as men. even IL 1t took them
a few thousand years to find It out.
UphoIds Women's Prowess.
II believe that their nerve is just as
good and that they can hold out exactly
as well. Naturally the average woman
would not make a good explorer or
hunter, but then neither would the av-
erage man. AS for me, hunting and ex-
ploring is the life that appeals to me
more than anything else ever could. !
was born in Spain Of parents who were
sreat travellers. My father was an ex-
cellent hunter and II seems to me that
/ have always been hunting lions or
wanting to hunt them. / love the wild
places OF the world and the people who
live in them, and when one awakes at
dawn the tingle Of wonder whether one
will kill big game that day.
But / am desperately afraid In cities.
It scares me good deal more to cross
Broadway at a rush hour than II ever
did to shoot lions in the jungle. Also,
am perfectly feminine. I am afraid
cf snakes and Of the dark indoors"
This despite the fact that Lady"
Mackenzie has killed many Of her lions
T. ~. - tDy.