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Show I PLAN EXPLORATION OF UPPER AMAZON NEW YOIUC. Ic L'S. An expedition lo oVploro the upper witters of tho Ainu-koii Ainu-koii and tiiu regions Inhabited by tho iiinlbttls lu the foothills of tho Andes, Marls today with tho dapariuro of Algt ljuig, a younz American explorer, ami Admiral Joe Carvalho of the .Brazilian nay of Para, whero they will take the yacht Pennsylvania for the cruise. They will b.) Joined a.1 Para by Dr. Kranklyn Church of Johns Hopkins university, tho tilologlst of tho cS. pod It Ion: Capt. J, II. lUman, a former commander of the Lulled States navy, and Randy ilcNab, lormcr chief of police of Frnnlciort, S. D., who explored the Amazon with Dr. Lungo on a prcl'lotnt trip. Tho Uiilvoixlty of Pennsylvania, is barking the expedition with a fund of about 5100.000. The hope of the Brazilian Bra-zilian admiral Is to oxploro the upper tributarlcH of the Amazon, uomo 60o In all, ami to open this great country to roinmurcc. Tho Kclentlma In tho expedition expedi-tion will collect specimens of hlrdn. mammals, mam-mals, (loru and minarals and mako 2.11 effort to dclermlue tho origin of fiomo of the tribes of tho cannibal Indians. |