The promise of an address by Mr. Roy Chapman Andrews on Mongolia drew a fairly large attendance at the Anglo-American Association's tiffin at the Wagon Lits Hotel today, when the chair was occupied by Mr. J. P. Kenrick.
When it came to the point, Mr, Andrews had not so much to say about Mongolia as he had to say about the lot of the explorer in general—its humours, its trials and fits compensations. He raised a general laugh by reading out some amusing extracts from letters written by unsuccessful applicants. for] fi clusion in the Third Asiatic Expedition which varied from: a tribute to the "nobility and gentleness" of Mr. Andrews' countenance as depicted in the American newspapers, to an offer to provide "home comforts in the drear wastes of Central Asia." So far, declared Mr. Andrews, the Third Asiatic Expedition had escaped from all offers to provide it with a harem and was. now going ahead with preparations, for its forthcoming trip to Monge-
Mr. Andrews said that his great motto was to insist on preparation in connexion with these expeditions. He did not believe in hardships—they were a confounded nuisance and interfered with the work on hand. They always made a point of taking with them as much good food as possible, of dressing as well as possible possible. more narrow escapes from the! traffic during a comparatively short, had had during the several years that he had been engaged on ex. ploration work in various parts of Asia, The thing was that if a locomotive missed you by inches you thought nothing of it after a while, but if you were held up by bandits you went home and wrote a book about it.
There would be 40 men engaged in the forthcoming expedition, Mr. Andrews said, and they would represent various branches of science, each ce-operating with the other When they got out there into Mongolia, away as they were for five and 'a half months at a time, they were living in a world of their own and it was essential that they should be able to get along together. He was proud to be able to say that they had never had n quarrel, At the close of his address Mr.'
Andrews was, at the instance of the Chairman, given a hearty vote thanks.—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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