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subject only to our general rules for “Ask Adventure,” responsibility beyond the moral one of trying to do the best that is possible. A Free Question and Answer Service Bureau of Infor- mation on Outdoor Life and Activities Everywhere and Upon the Various Commodities Required Therein. Con- ducted for Adventure Magazine by Our Staff of Experts. expert in charge of the section in whose field it falls. So ow that service may be as prompt as possible, he will amswer you by mail direct. But he will also send to us a copy of each question-and answer, and from these we shall select those of most general interest and publish them each issue in this department, thus making it itself an exceedingly valuable standing source of practical infermation. Unless otherwise requested inquirer’s name and town are printed with question; street numbers not given. When you ask for general information on a given district or subject the expert may give you some valuable general pointers and refer you to books or to local or special sources of information. Our experts will in all cases answer to the best of their ability, using their own discretion in all matters pertaining to their sections, but neither they nor the magazine assumes any These experts have been OC ani should be sent, not to this office, but direct to the chosen by us not only for their knowledge and experience but with an eye to their integrity and reliability. We have emphatically assured each of them that his advice or information is not to be affected in any way by whether a given commodity is or is not advertised in this magazine. Service free to anybody, provided self-addressd envelop and full postage, not Correspondents writing Do NOT send questions to this magazine. ‘“*“Ask Adventure” covers business and work opportunities, but State exactly your wants, qualifications 1. attached, are enclosed. (See footnote at bottom of page.) to or from foreign countries will please enclose International Reply Coupons, purchasable at any post-office, and exchangeable for stamps of any country in the International Postal Union. 2. Send each question direct to the expert in charge of thé particular section whose field covers it. He will reply by mail. 3. No reply will be made to requests for partners, for financial backing, or for chances to join expeditions. only if they are outdoor activities, and only in the way of general data and advice. It is in no sense an employment bureau. 4. Make your questions definite and specific. and intentions. Explain your case sufficiently to guide the expert you question. 5. Send no question until you have read very carefully the exact ground covered by the particular expert in whose section it seems to belong. 1. TheSea Part! 6. *& Australia and Tasmania BERIAH BROWN, Ships, seamen and shipping; nautical. history, seaman- ALBERT GoLpig£, Sydney Press Club, 51 Elizabeth St., Olympia, Wash. Sydney, Australia. Customs, resources, travel, hunting, 1624 Biegelow Ave., ship, navigation, yachting, small-boat sailing; com- sports, history. (Postage 5 cents.) mercial fisheries of North America; marine bibliography (P alaysia, Sumatra and Java of U. S.; fishing-vessels of the North Atlantic and Pacific Fav-CooPer Cote, Ph. D., Field Museum of Natural His- banks. "(See next section.) tory, Chicago, Il. Hunting and fishing, expforing, com- 2. *& The Sea Part 2 CAPTAIN A. E. DinGLe, Hamilton, Bermuda, Seaman- ship, navigation, old-time sailorizing, ocean-cruising, etc. Questions on jthe sea, ships and men local to the British Empire go to Captain Dingle, not Mr. Brown. (Postage 5- cents.) 3. * Islands and Coasts CapTain A. E. Dincie, Hamilton, Bermuda. Islands of Indian and Atlantic oceans; the Mediterranean; Cape Horn and Magellan Straits. Ports, trade, peoples, travel. (Postage § cents.) 4. * New Zealand; and the South Sealslands Parti Tom L. Mitts, The Feilding Star, Feilding, New Zealand. New Zealand, Cook Islands, Samoa. Travel, history, cus- toms; adventure, exploring, sport. (Postage 8 cents.) 5. South Seaf!slands Part 2 CHARLES Brown, JR., 213 E St., San Rafael, Calif. French Oceania » (Tahiti) the Society, Paumoto, Marquesas); Islands of Western Pacific (Solomons, New ‘Hebrides, Fiji, Tonga); of Central Pacific (Guam, Ladrone, Pelew, Caro- line, Marshall, Gilbert, Ellice); of the Detached (Wallis, Penrhyn, Danger, Easter, Rotuma, Futuna, Pitcairn). Inhabitants, history, trav el, sports, equipment, climate, eng conditions, commerce, pearling, vanilla and coconut culture. tnerce, inhabitants, history, institutions. 8. New Guinea Dr. ALBERT Bur._t LEwis, Field Museum of Natural His- tory, Chicago, Ill. Hunting and fishing, exploring, com- merce, inhabitants, history, institutions. 9. Philippine Islands Buck Connor, P, O. Box 202, Hollywood, Calif. History, inhabitants, topography, customs, travel, hunting, Rebreas minerals, agriculture, commerce. 10. Hawaiian Islands and China F, J. HALTON, 714 Marquette Bldg., Chicago, Ill. Cus- toms, travel, natural history, resources, agriculture, fishing, hunting. tl. Japan GRACE P. T. KNupsoN, Castine, Me. people, customs, history, geography, travel, art, curios. 12. Asia, Southern CAPTAIN BEVERLEY GIDDINGS, 1315 Josephine St., New Orleans, La. Arabia, Persia, India, Tibet, Burma, western China, Borneo. Hunting, exploring, traveling, customs, 13. Africa Part! ‘FHomas S. Mitter, Carmel, Monterey Co., Calif. Gold, Ivory and Fever Coasts of West Africa, Niger River to Jebba, northern Nigeria. Canoeing, labor, trails, trade, expenses, Outfitting, flora, tribal histories, witchcraft. Commerce, politics, agriculture, * (Enclose addressed envelop with § cents—in Mr. Beadle's case 12 cents—in stamps NOT attached) 183 GO .TOO = a (C@