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A Free Question and Answer Service Bureau of Infor- mation on Outdoor Life and Activities Every where and Upon the Various Commodities Required Therein. Con- daceed for Adventure Magazine by Our Staff of Experts UESTIONS should be sent not to this office, but direct to the ex- pert 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 i am 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 gemera/ 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 pertaiming 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 expe- rience 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 adver- tised in this magazine. S Se es eS RES aay & & NS SS eee RNS of se pint saheneae 4 1. Service free to anybody, provided self-addressed envelop and full postage, not attached, are enclosed. (See footnote at bottom of page.) Correspondents writing 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. Be sure that the issuing office stamps the coupon in the left-hand circle. 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. Ne reply will be made to requests for partners, for financial backing, or for chances to joim 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 im 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 belong. randa, Oriente, Cuba. Goceeater. industries, people, cus- 2. The Sea_ Part 2 Brideh Waters Caprain A. E. DINnGLe, care Adventure. gy navigation, old-time saflorizing, ocean-cruising, ete. Ques- tions on the sea, ships and men local to the British Empire go to Captain e, not. Mr. Brown. 3. The Sea Statistics of American Harry E. RIESEBERG, Apartment 347-A, Kew G : Historical records, tonnages, names So Sigal names, yk geome + — pee ig, ers, ey eh and past ewnerships, signals, vessels ef the American Merchant Marine and Government vessels in existence over five gross tons in the United States, Panama and the Philippines, and the furnishing of infor- mation and reeords of vessels under American registry as far back as 1760. 4. Islands and Coasts Part! Islands of Indian and Atlantic Oceans; the Medit erranean; Cape Horn and ellan Straits CaAprarmn A. E, eare Adventure. Ports, trade, peoples, travel. (See next section.) 5. Islands Part2 Haiti, Sante Domingo, Porto Rico, Vv and Jamaica G Gexers reson, Adventare Cable, Kew Gates, Calif. Languages, mining, mineral S, fishing, sugar, fruit and tobaceo production. 6. Islands Part3 Cuba 3 Watrtace Montcomery, Warner Sugar Co. of Cuba, Mi- ~ toms, hunting, fishing, 7.*%&N Cook Islands, Samoa Tow L- Mts, The Reildine Star, Felling, New Zealand. ustoms; adventure, exp sport (Send International Reply Coupon for eleven cents.) 8. * South Sea Islands Part2 French Oceania (Tahiti, the . Paumoto, Marquesas); Islands of Western Pacific (Sol omons, New Hebrides, Fiji, Tonga); of Central Pacific (Guam, Ladrone, Petew, Caroline, Marshall, Gilbert, Ellice); of the Detached (Wallis, P , Danger, Easter, Ro F Pitcairn). CHARLES Brown, Jr., Boite ‘No. No. 16 ie exe Tahiti, Cockats Islands, South Pacifi Leaicenenn ants, history, , Sports, equipment, aan: imate, iving conditions, a vanilla and (Send pete nter- t Reply Coupon for eleven cents.) 9. *% Australia and Tasmania Purtire Norman, 842 Military Road, agg Sydney, N.S. W., Australia. Customs, resources, 1, hunting, — history. (Send International Reply a for eleven cents 10. Malaysia, Sumatra and Java Fay-Cooper ro D.. Field Museum of Natural His- tory, Chicago, Ill. H and fishing, exploring, com- merce, inhabitants, history, institutions. ee New Guinea | Pest. Moresby, ‘Tersitery of Pema ail ° 2 pr Australia. Hunting and fishing, loring, com merce, inhabitants, history, Institutions. uestions re- garding the measures or policy of the Government or * (Enclose addressed envelop with International Reply Coupon for eleven cents.) 182 Gomiecbooks.com