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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. by mail direct. expert in charge of the section in whose field it falls. QO eer in. should be sent, not to this cffice, but direct to the that service may be as prompt as possible, he will answer you So But he will also send to us a copy of each question and answer, and from these we shall select those of most gencral interest and publish them each issue in this aepartment, 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 d° 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 ‘rict or subject their own discretion in all matters pertaining to their sections, subject only to our general rules for “Ask Adventure,’ responsibility beyond the moral one of trying to do the best that is possible. ’ but neither they nor the magazine assumes any These experts have been chosen by us not only for their knowledge an a 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. 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 Send each question direct to the expert in charge of the particular section whose Do NOT send questions to this magazine. No reply will be made to requests for partners, for financial backing, or for chances ‘‘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 State exactly your wants, qualifications Explain your case sufficiently to guide the expert you question. 1. Service free to anybody, of any country in the International Postal Union. Zz. field covers it. He will reply by mail. 3. to join expeditions. is in no sense an employment bureau. 4. Make your questions definite and specific. and intentions. 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 Partl BERIAH BROWN, 1624 Biegelow Ave., Olympia, Wash. Ships, seamen and shipping; nautical history, seaman- ship, navigation, yachting, small-boat sailing; com- mercial fisheries of North America; marine bibliography of U. S.; fishing-vessels of the North Atlantic and Pacific banks. (See next section.) 2. * The Sea Part 2 : Captain A. E. DinGLE, Hamilton, Bermuda. Questions on the 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. DINGLE, Hamilton, Bermuda. of Indian and Atlantic oceans; Horn and Magellan Straits. (Postage 5 cents.) 4. *% New Zealand; and South Sealislands Part 1 Tom L. MILts, The Feilding Star, Feilding, New Zealand. New Zealand, Cook Islands, Samoa. Travel, history, cus- toms; adventure, exploring, sport. (Postage & cents.) 5. 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, Ellice); of the Detached (Wallis, Penrhyn, Danger, Easter,..Rotuna, Futuna, Piteairn), Natives, history, travel, sports, equipment, climate, living conditions, commerce, pearling, vanilla and coconut culture. 6. * Australia and Tasmania ALBERT GOLDIE, Sydney Press Club, 51 Elizabeth St., Sydney, Australia. Customs, resources, travel, hunting, sports, history. (Postage 5 cents.) Islands the Mediterranean; Cape Ports, trade, peoples, travel. 7. Malaysia, Sumatra and Java FAY-COOPER COLE, Ph. D., Field Museum of Natural His- tory, Chicago, Il. 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, Hollywood, Calif. History, natives, topography, customs, travel, hunting, fishing, min- erals, agriculture, commerce. 19. Hawaiian Islands and China F, J. HALTON, 714 Marquette Bldg., Chicago, Ill. Cus- toms, travel, natural history, resources, agriculture, fishing, hunting. 11. Japan Grace P. T. KNupson, Castine, Me. Commerce, politics, people, customs, history, geography, travel, agriculture, 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 Partl Tuomas S. MILLER, 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, Iie 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 wiih § cents—in Mr. Beadle’s case 12 cents—in stamps NOT attached) 184 (© 3} (Cc DOOKS © in