In Search of an Unknown Race — page 36: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

28 vAN. and undertake the expedition, despite its seeming im- possibility ? Others had failed, but he had promises of help from unknown sources, and apart from the possi- bilities of its results, the journey through an unexplored country could not faii of being fraught with exciting interest. Eomichooks sco im