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a Cee aS, 4 w “A 7; Rw eS &) : Wea s' eo Moat oF we ae ih a oe rs Mie _ ship, ' Navigation, —islaads of 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 answer you by mail direct. But he will also Sg answer, and from these we shall select those of most general interest aitd 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 alJl matters pertaining to their sectic © OQ) ever in S should be sent, not to this office, but direct to the to us a copy of each question and subject only to our general rules for “Ask Adventure,” but neither they nor the magazine assumes » responsibility beyond the moral one of trying to do the best-that is possible. These experts have bh, - choSen by us not only for their knowledge and experience but with an eye to their integrity and reliabili. - We have emphatically assured each of them that his advice or information is not to be affected in a way by whether a given commodity is or is not advertised in this magazine. 1. Service (except our assaying and oil services) free to anybody, provided self-addressec envelop and full postage, not attached, are enclosed. (See footnote at bottom of 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 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. 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. | 1, TheSea Parti! American Waters BeriAH Brown, 1624 Bigelow Ave., Olympia, Wash. Ships, seamen and shipping; nautical history, seaman- _ 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 Part2 British Waters Captain A. E. DINGLE, care Adventure. Seamanship, 2 old-time sailorizing, ocean-cruising, etc. uot ians on the sea, ships and men local to the British empire go to Captain Dingle, not Mr. Brown. 3. Isiands and Coasts Part1 Islands of Indian and Atlantic Oceans; the Mediterranean; Cape Horn and Magellan Straits Captain A. E. DiIncGLe, care Adventure. peoples, travel. (See next section). 4. Islands Part 2 aiti, Santo Domingo, Porto Rico and Virgin Group ; CHARLES BELL Emerson, Adventure Cabin, Los Gatos, Ports, trade, Calif. Languages, mining, minerals, fishing, sugar, fruit * and tobacco uction. 5. * New land; and the South Sea Islands Part 1 Cook nds, Scmoa Tom L. Mitus, The Feilding Star, Feilding, New Zealand. a gezel, ond customs; adventure, exploring, sport. (Post- age 8 cents. 6: South Sealslands Part 2 - CHARLES Brown, Jr., 213 E St., San Rafael, Calif. French Oceania Sais. the Society, Paumoto, arquesas) ; estern 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, travel, sports, equipment, climate ting conditions, commerce, pearling, vanilla and coconut culture. 7. * Australia and Tasmania ALBERT GOLpDiE, Sydney Press Club, 51 Elizabeth St., Sydney, Australia. Customs, resources, travel, hunting, sports. history. (Postage 5 cents.) 8. Malaysia, Sumatra and Java Fay-CoopPer Co rk, Ph. D., Field Museum of Natural His- tory, Chicago, III. merce, inhabitants, history, imstitutions. 9. New Guinea L.P. B, Armit, Port Moresby, Territory of Papua, via Sydney, Australia. Hunting and fishing, exploring, com- merce, inhabitants, history, institutions. Questions regard- ing the measures or policy of the Government or proceed- ings of Government officers not answered. (Postage 6 cents.) 19. Philippine Islands : : Buck:Connor, P; O. Box 202, Hollywood, Calif. History, inhabitants, topography, customs, travel, hunting, fishing, minerals, agriculture, commerce. 11, Hawaiian Islands and China F. J. HALTON, 714 Marquette Bldg., Chicago, Ill. Customs, ate oats history, resources, agriculture, fishing, hunting. apan oe Grace P. T, KNupson, Castine, Me. Commerce, politics, people, customs, history, geography, travel, agriculture, art, curios. ' 13. Asia, Southern CAPTAIN BEVERLEY GIDDINGS, tat Josspuins St., New Orleans, La. Arabia, Persia, India, Tibet, Burma, western China, Borneo. Hunting, exploring, traveling, customs. * (Enclose addressed enselop with 5 cents—in Mr. Beadle's case 12 cents—in stamps NOT attached) 184 ' page.) Correspondents writing to or from foreign countries will please enclose © Hunting and fishing, exploring, com- ; aR ~ E€omicboo CS co