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Ask Adventure their usefulness is an unusual subject and there are few that have gone into the i or Noes at A smoke made of greasewood will drive them out of their dens in most cases. A rattler dens up in the late Fall and stays in until the sun shines out warm in the Springtime. He comes out then, and as he is very poor his skin slips off easily. He is most dan- gerous at this time, for he strikes at the least noise without rattling. The skin slipping over his eyes keeps him blind for several days and also prevents his rattlers being heard. I have found May and June skins about the best. I have been bitten several times and used to- bacco-juice, cut out the teeth-prints and allowed the blood to flow freely for a short time, then cauterized the cut. Turpentine and kerosene are good to bathe the spot with. Call a doctor at once after your first aid. : I know of no bounty being given by any State in my section. Here is a list of laboratories and manufacturing chemists that may be of some service to you directly or indirectly by telling you where to dispose of the ~ poison. == _ 1. Dermatological Research Laboratories, 1720- 22 Lombard St., Philadelphia, Penna. 2. The Medical Research Laboratories, 25 E. Washington | St., Chicago, Ill. 3. The Calco Chemical Co., = Pharmaceutical Division, 136 Liberty St., New York City. 4.H. A. Metz Laboratories, Inc., 122 Hudson St., New York. 5. Lederle Antitoxin s Laboratories, 511 Fifth Ave., New York. = How to Travel in Asia BY THE time this meets your eye Gor- don MacCreagh, the “Ask Adventure’’ editor who prepared the answer to the following question, will probably be far within the jungles of Brazil, movieizing sin hi) ds Weds the natives. Good luck to him, wherever o he may be: 2 | Question: —“I appeal to you for information con- cerning travel in southern Asia. For some time I and a friend—another married woman—have been planning a trip around the world, This trip would have to be taken in the most economical way possible to be absolutely d first-class. In the first place is it perfectly safe fer two married women to make such a trip to- gether? a2 _ The following is a rough outline of our route: San Francisco to Yokohama, Tokio, Nagasaki to Shanghai, Hong Kong (probably Canton) to Sai- n, Bangkok, Singapore, Rangoon to Madras Freidiore if possible), probably Darjeeling, Benares, Agra, Delhi and Srinagar. Then I would like to go by land from here to Jerusalem, but the railroads seem to be so few—almost none—that I suppose I will have to sail from an Indian port about at the mouth of the Indus River through the Persian - Gulf to the mouth of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. Where I would like to go would be Ispahan and Teheran, but I suppose these would have to be omitted. From the Persian Gulf port to Babylon, Bagdad, Nineveh, Damascus, Jerusa- lem to Jaffa; from here to Egypt, to Europe. But I have outlined the southern Asiatic part of the trip herein. ' and regret it for the rest of your lives. 187 It is very hard to find out reliable information about Asiatic railroads and the fares on same, also boat passages from the above named ports. Most of the information that I have been able to obtain says that in India you have to carry your own bedding. Is this essential? Can’t it be bought over there? Haven’t they English stores in their large towns? 2 And haven’t they English drug-stores? Then how about the vaccins for plague, cholera a typhus? I suppose it is advisable to take ese. And the food—in the large places can’t you get English food? And is the water drinkable, or can it be bought at a drug-store? Can one take the trip speaking only English? And what do you suppose would be the price of such a trip, taking in Constantinople, Athens, Venice, Florence, Milan, Rome, Naples, Lucerne, Monte Carlo, Paris and London? And Egypt? Of course I know that one can spend anything he desires; but doing it economically and first-class what would be the least that you would advise? Any information would be very gratefully re- ceived—and any suggestions.”’“—(Mrs.) Lira BEss Morcan, Montgomery, Ala. Answer, by Mr. MacCreagh:—Regarding your proposed trip let me assure you first of all, since economy is to be a factor, that it will by no means be necessary to travel first-class on all the steam lines you take passage on. The B. L. line, as also the Bibby and the Nippon Yusan Kaisha, put up a very decent second-class accommodation which ladies can avail themselves of with perfect propriety and comfort. You would always have the privilege, of course, if, having booked a second- class passage, you did not like it, of paying the difference and getting immediately transferred to the first class. AY ‘he places you mention, from Japan through Indo-China and the Straits Settlements to Burma and India, are well supplied with excellent railroad accommodation, and ladies alone can travel with perfect safety. I personally have in fact had the pleasure of escorting two ladies over all of Upper Burma. And incidentally, since you mention Rangoon, let me urge you not to omit Mandalay and Pagan— Rather leave out Rangoon and rush away immediately to Upper Burma; for it is there that the real beauty and the old civilization of the country are tobe found. ; T am sorry, though, that I am not in a position to tell you facts about railroad and steamship fares. These are changed and are still fluctuating so terribly that it is next to impossible to keep in touch. Let me suggest that you apply to Thomas Cook & Son, New York, for information about fares; they will be in as good a position to give you up-to- date information as anybody in this country. Your: plan to travel by land from Srinagar to Jerusalem I am afraid you must give up entirely. That is a route through country which is as wild as anything in all Asia and which two bold, expe- rienced men might well balk at. I doubt indeed whether any two men could get through with their lives; their equipment would be too great a temptation to every respectable scoundrel in the country. oO MIGIOO (S@) <SiiGO