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Ask Adventure OLD SONGS THAT MEN HAVE SUNG ROBERT FROTHINGHAM, 745 Riverside Drive, New York City. A department: for collecting hitherto unpublished specimens and for answering questions concerning all songs of the out of doors that have had sufficient virility to out- last their immediate day: chanteys, ‘‘forebitters,’”’ ballads —songs of outdoor men—sailors, lumberjacks, soldiers, cowboys, pioneers, rivermen, canal-men, men of the Great Lakes, voyageurs, railroad men, miners, hoboes, plantation- hands, etc. FISHING IN NORTH AMERICA Salt and Fresh Water Fishing J. B. THOMPSON, 906 Pontiac Bldg., Chicago, Ill. Cover- ing fishing-tackle and equipment; fly ‘and bait casting; live bait; camping outfits; fishing trips. MOUNTAINS and MOUNTAINEERING Especially of New England. Arthur Bent, Appalachian Mountain Club, 1050 Tremont Bldg., Boston, Moss. STANDING INFORMATION For aur non on trade in any part of the world, ad- dress J. Binda, National Foreign Trade Council, I Hanover a. New ork. For general information on U. S. and its possessions, write Bermuda Gyxee again I ask it on behalf of all the ‘“‘Ask Adventure” experts: Will those who make use of this service address their questions to the right parties, and obey the simple rules? If they don’t, they may not get any answer. The “Ask Adventure” man is a patient soul—too patient, I think— but he knows his rights and every once in a while he stands up for ’em. As thus: Question:—“‘T would like to get your expert ad- vice on a matter of settling on some British territory. I am a British subject and Canadian war veteran. I have two thousand dollars, and would like some advice on Vancouver Island or the Bermudas. I don’t expect riches, but enough to make a good living and something for my old days. I am forty years old, strong and healthy and a good worker, and not afraid of hard work. I would be willing to work for others until I got on my feet. Have two sons whom I could get to come to help me when I got things started or would come to me any time I would want them. They are good hardy boys, sober and honest, and are good workers. So please let me know if Vancouver Island or the Ber- mudas would be the best place for me for a small farm with my little capital; or could a fellow settle on Vancouver Island above some large town? Would be willing to settle up-country where a fellow could get his produce down a river to the town. Please post me on the climate and the crops and what would be the best to raise there; or would the Bermudas be better? So please let me know if a fellow could do a little prospecting on the side to any profit in Vancouver Island. I will be waiting your answer through the Adventure magazine.”—JOHN GRIFFIN, Holyoke, Mass. Answer, by Capt. Dingle:—First let me say that Adventure only prints an occasional letter as a sort of sample; every reply is sent direct, as this is, to the inquirer; that is why we ask for a self-addressed nope ane data. Address L. S. 187 Supt. of Public Documents, Wash., D. C., for catalog of all Government publications. For the Philippines, Porto Rico, and customs receiver- ships in Santo Domingo ane eat the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Dept., Wash., For Alaska, the Alaska ee Chamber of Commerce, Central Bldg., Seattle, Wash. For Hawaii, Hawaii Promotion Committee, Chamber of ama Ce eo! T. H. Also, Dept. of the Interior, as. For Cuba, Bureau of Information, Dept. of Agri., Com. and Labor, Havana, Cuba. The Pan-American Union may be called upon for general information relating to Latin-American matters or for Rowe, Dir. Gen., Wash., For, BR... C.-M. Commissioner Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa, Can. ony unmarried British pea biecie age 18 to 40, above s {t. in. and under 175 bs. ee Canal Zone, the Panama Canal Comm., Wash., For U. &S., its Prescesions and most foreign countries, the Dep’t of Com., envelop, fully prepaid, or stamp enclosed. Adventure.) About Vancouver; I do not handle that territory. Mr. Ed. L. Carson, La Connor, Washington, handles the territory nearest to Vancouver, and I believe he can tell you about it. Look up your Adventure mag- azine and get the right departments. It’ll save you time. About Bermuda; I don’t know of any farming- ground to let. You See, this place is less than twenty square miles in area, and all of it is rock, most of it with less than six inches of soil on top, and all the available ground was taken years ago. Ber- muda potatoes last year fetched around $28 a barrel in New York, and onions around 17 cents a pound here in Bermuda, so you see how much chance there is for a man to snap up land out of the tiny pieces we have. I do think, however, that if you and your sons cared to come down here and work for somebody at first, you would soon get landed, and I know of sev- eral very good men here who would welcome such help, with or without capital, and make it comfort- able for you if they could feel assured that you would give ample notice before quitting, and not sheer off just about crop-time. Let me know if you get no satisfaction from Vancouver, and want to consider this proposition. I can then put you into communication with one or two good men in Bermuda. (See The Hod-Carrier Wins MLE: HARRIMAN says he knocks out more money than a prospector. More than some college professors, I’ll say: Question:—‘‘Have been thinking strongly of going to Nevada or Idaho, and would like to know which of these States, if either, a young man who can stand a rough, hard life could do better in as a prospector and adventurer. Are there any more chances for a mineral claim being staked in either of these States, or is all the land that is worth anything in the way of minerals claimed by private owners or concerns? DOO a (C©@ inn