Adventure, February 20, 1922 — page 186: what you’re looking at

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“mercial fisheries of North ’-of Uz S.; fishing-vessels of the North Atlantic and Pacific 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 Magezine by Our Staff at Eeverte expert in charge of the section in whose field it falls. So that service may be as prompt as possible, he will answer 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 pertaining to their sections, QO ees in’ should be sent, not to this office, but direct to the : 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 heen 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 stamped and addressed envelop is enclosed. Correspondents writing to or from foreign countries will please enclose Inter- national 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 section whose field covers it. He will reply by mail. Do NOT send questions to this magazine. 3. No reply 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. and intentions. State exactly your wants, qualifications 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. The Sea Part 1 BERIAH BROWN, 1624 Biegelow Ave., Olympia, Wash. Ships, seamen and shi ping; nautical history, seaman- ship, navigation, yac 3 ¢ small-boat sailing; com- merica; marine bibliography banks. "(See next section.) 2. * The Sea Part 2 ; Cherie A. E. Dincie, Hamilton, Wariinda. Questions on the sea, shi ps and men local to the British Empire go to Captain Ding e, not Mr. Brown. (Postage 5 cents.) 3. * Islands and Coasts CAPTAIN A. E. DinGLe, 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 Part 1 Tom L. Mitts, The Feilding Star, Feilding, New Zealand. New Zealand, Cook Islands, Samoa.. Travel, history, cus- toms; adventure, exploring, sport. (Postage 8 cents.) ~§. South Sea Islands 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, Effice); of the Detached (Wallis, Penrhyn, Danger, Easter, Rotuma, Futuna, Pitcairn). Natives, history, trave!, sports, equipment, climate, living ru, 7 Sa commerce, pearling, vanilla and coconut culture 6. * Australia and Tasma nia ALtsErt GoLpie, Sydney Press Club, 51 Flizabeth St., Sydney, Australia. Custdms, resources, travel, hunting, sports, history. (Postage 5 cents.) 7. Malaysia, Sumatra and Jav Fay-Cooper Cote, Ph. D., Field "Musettn of Natural His- tory, Chicago, IIl. Hunting and fishing, exploring, com- merce, natives, history, institutions. 8 New Guinea Dr. ALBERT BUELL Lewis, Field Museum of Natural His- tory, Chicago, Ill. Hunting and fishing, exploring, com- merce, natives, history, institutions. 9. Philippine Islands Buck Connor, P. O. Box 202, net greet Calif. History, natives, topography, customs, travel, hunting, fishing, min- erals, agriculture, commerce. 40. Hawaiian Islands and China HALTON, 103 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Cus- toms, travel, natural history, resources, agriculture, fishing, hunting. il. aan Grace P. T. KNupson, Castine, Me. Commerce, politics, people, customs, history, geography, travel, agriculture, art, curios. 12. Asia, Southern : CAPTAIN BEVERLEY GIDDINGS, 1315 — ne St., New Orleans. La. Arabia, Persia, India, Ti ee western China, Borneo. Hunting, exploring, ee customs. 13. Africa Part 1 Tuomas 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. 14. *% Africa Part 2 Transvaal, N. W. and Southern Rhodesia, British East, Uganda and the Upper Congo CHARLES BEADLE, Ile de Lerne, par Vannes, Morbihan, Brittany, France. Geography, hunting, equipment, trad- ing, climate, transport, customs, living conditions, witch- craft, adventure and sport. (Postage 12 cents.) * (Enclose addressed envelop with 5 cents—in Mr. Beadle's case 1a cents—in stamps NOT attached) 184 CONIC IOS - . ? < Sata