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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 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 information. 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 pertainifig to their sections, subject only to our general rules for “Ask Adventure,” but neither they nor the magazine assumes any responsibility beyond the moral one of trying to do the best that is possible. These experts have been 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. 1. Service free to anybody, provided self-addressed envelop and full postage, not attached, are enclosed. Correspondents writing to or from foreign countries will please en- close 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 the particular department whose field covers it. He will reply by mail. Do NOT send questions to this magazine. 3. Noreply will be made to requests for partners, for financial backing, or for chances to join expeditions. ‘‘Ask Adventure’’ covers business and work opportunities, but 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. State exactly your wants, qualifications 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 beleng. 37. Baffinland and Greenland OQ ever in should be sent, not to this office, but direct to the PleaseNote: To avoid using so much needed space each issue for standing matter and to gain - more space for the actual meat of * “Ask Ad- venture” the full statement of its various sec- tions will be given only in alternate issues. In other issues only the bare names of the sections will be given, inquirers to get exact fields cov- ered and names and addresses for full statement in alternate issues. Do nof write to the magazine, but to the editors of the sections at their home addresses. The Sea. In Two Parts Islands and Coasts New Zealand and the South Sea Islands. o Parts Australia and Tasmania . Malaysia, Sumatra and Java New Guinea 9. Philippine Islands 10. Hawaiian®*Islands and China il. Japan 12. Asia, Southern 38—42. Western U.S. In Five Parts 43—45. Middle Western U.S.. In Three Parts 46—.49. Eastern U.S. In Four Parts Weapons, Past and Present. In Three Parts Old Songs That Men Have Sung Fishing in North America Mountains and Mountaineering Standing Information Big-Game Hunting in the Arctic ERE’S a trip that will make the old sourdoughs green with envy: Question: —“Noting that you are named on the staff of ““Ask Adventure” as representing the Arctic district, I am writing you for some information, as I'am at present organizing a party to go up into the Arctic regions for the purpose of hunting big ame. ‘ My ideas are that we will proceed into the; Arctic 13—19. Africa. In Seven Parts 20. Turkey and Asia Minor regions in my power cruiser, which is 150 feet in 232, ealkave. aan Two Parts length, twin screw, with two 300 H. P. engines ‘eil) 8 South America. In Two Parts and a speed of approximately 18 miles per hour., The ‘cruiser, however, will have to be arranged 27, 28, Mexico. In Two.Parts | lly f Arcti t d what I d ll, specially for an Arctic trip, and what I am desiring 2 a pe ena li a information upon is as follows— 181 COMIC O) HOOKS =)