Adventure Magazine Cover, June 18, 1921 — page 199: what you’re looking at

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Ask Adventure had the record of being, the unhealthiest place in the world, until recently when it was sanitated. Guaya- uil, however, is up some forty or fifty miles inland fon the coast, on a swampy river, away from sea breezes and sterilizing salt water. Tumaco has a much better climate than Guaya- quil. It has the open sea in front and a road behind oe acne to the higher, cooler, healthier high- Ah, those highlands! Up there the ideal spot for climate can be found, by searching up the slopes be- tween the tropic heat of Tumaco and the snow-laden peaks of the mountains. This is a traveled road. Husky arrieros and sturdy mules, muscular, stolid Indians, coffee-planters from the highlands, miners, traders—they come and go over the road leading up into the highlands from the sea. Tumaco is one of the principal ports of the Pacific coast of Colombia; Buenaventura is the other. Much trade, reckoned by local standards, is carried on by boat with Guayaquil, Esmeraldas, Buenaven- tura, and Panama. The coast line of the Panama-Guayaquil P. S. N.C _ boats stop there on call. Its population is reckoned at about 12,000. The better class houses are built of whitewashed ’dobe covered with red tile. They range from this down to tiny huts of bamboo covered with grass thatch. The people are mixed Spanish-Indian- negro with pure bloods of all three mixing to- steed on perfect equality and speaking a patois P : The Spanish is not Castilian. It is the so-called Western Spanish and differs from Castilian in the pronunciation of Z, LL, and D. The nearest ap- proach to Castilian in any of the Latin-American countries is spoken in Lima, Peru. co is not so warm as one would suppose. It rarely climbs over 90 at any season of the year. But it continues to stay warm. One does not have an overplus of energy, especially after having been there for two years or more. By observing strict rules health may be safe- guarded. I would put it as follows: At every opportunity get away for a day or so into the cool highlands. Be sure and sleep under nets or im screened houses to avoid being stung by mos- ae: Take two grains of quinin each night be- retiring, all the time. It will do no harm and will prevent the bane of the tropics, malarial fever. | is an absolute antidote against malaria. It is one of the three sure cures known to medical science. Don’t overeat. Don’t overwork. Ask Adventure service costs you nothing but reply postage. The Barking Mosquitoes of Hawaii LEAST, Mr. Halton says that ‘“‘their T A bark is worse than their bite.’”’ But maybe he was only indulging in a figure of speech: Question:—“‘After trying in vain to obtain definite information concerning the Hawaiian Islands from people who have been there I must have recourse to the kind offer in Adventure. You would make me happy “+ you could kindly 189 answer some of the following questions. They may sound foolish, but I am entirely in the dark and confused from the contrary reports I heard. 1. Are there any mosquito-free places at sea-level on the islands? 2. Do tropical fruits grow wild on the dry sides of the islands? 3. Is a man camping there allowed to catch fish for his own use? 4. Are the dry sides of the islands free from fever? 5. How old, at most, do people get there? (I read in the book ‘‘Long Life in California” that there Was never a person on the Hawaiian Islands to attain a hundred years of age, owing to damp climate.) 6. Would one buy a lot for house, or tent and garden at sea-level in a fever and mosquito-free locality? 7. About how much would be the price? 8. The Mormon Church has built a temple some- where on the islands. Would the conditions as asked above, somewhat exist at that place, and where is it located?” —Joun MUELLER, San Fran- cisco, Cal. Answer, by Mr. Halton:—I am sending you under separate cover booklets descriptive of the islands, and will answer your questions as follows: 1. No. It is claimed that the mosquitoes were imported from China and their “bark is really worse than their bite.’ There are no malarious mos- quitoes in the islands. 2. Tropical fruits such as mangoes, lemons and bananas. 3. The Hawaiian fishing rights are very peculiar. In the days of monarchy when a man purchascd a piece of land on the water-front he also purchased fishing rights in all the waters in front of his prop- erty. So that strictly speaking a man is trespassing if he fishes ‘anywhere in the islands. As a matter of fact fish are very plentiful, and I have never heard any one objecting to fisherman indulging in their favorite sport. 4. The islands are quite free from any malaria or other fevers, for the reason that there are no poisonous plants or insects—other than the ubiqui- tous mosquito above referred to—to be found any- where. 5. As a rule, people live to.a good age in Hawaii. Some fine specimens are still alive who are only 107 years young. Being essentially an outdoor land, it is conducive to longevity; and I know a great many gentlemen very active in civic life who are over 70 years old. As a matter of fact Hawaii is not as humid as one would imagine. Probably the humidity would be less at the same time of the day there than it would be in San Francisco. 6 and 7. It is pretty hard taggive any idea as to the price one would have to pay for a lot, which would all depend upon the locations. 8. The Mormon church is lecated at Laie in the island of Oahu, about 35 or 40 miles from the city of Honolulu. I should judge that in the neighborhood of Laie you would be able to obtain just the class of accommodations in the matter of land that you desire. If there are any other questions you would like to ask, do not hesitate to let me know. oranges, COmicloo 5}