Show SU SEEK Pf PYGMY M TRIES Previously Unexplored Portion of New Guinea Is Visited b b by Y Fliers BATAVIA Java May 25 APAn AP AP- AP An ah airplane plane flight by members of ot the Stirling expedition which is seeking pygmies in New Guinea is described in a radio dispatch re receIved received received re- re from this expedition tOd today y Pilot H. H H. H Hoyte of New York and Professor Matthew M W tit Stirling of Berkeley Cal flew in two hours and twenty minutes from Al Albatross camp amp to the foothills of the Nassau mountains carrying kilograms of food tood T They ey observed mal many native native native na na- tive villages along the river They sought a a. landing place above the camp but the riv river r was too shallow ow and crooked for tor the seaplane to descend They discovered two lakes in the hills near the river on which a landIng landIng landing land- land Ing was possible and then returned and landed at campMany camp Many Many natives gathered about the plane shouting with excitement Because of ot the number humber of natives and what appeared to be their menacIng menacing menacing men men- acing attitude it was deemed best to leave the 10 locality The Tho plane therefore returned to Albatross camp The food tak taken n by the plane was hidden in a jungle for future use use Inthe in inthe inthe I the expeditions expedition's attempt to explore hitherto unvIsited portions of ot New v Guinea and to locate if It possible tribes of pygmies Owing to the fact that the seaplane seaplane seaplane sea sea- plane was unable to carry safely safely-L k h load of more than kilograms to the camp c as compared d with the load of more than kilos knos In its test flight in Professor Protessor Stirling feels that American American Amer Amer- ican participation n in the expedition will be less than called caled for tor In the I stated plan He therefore thinks it only fair that the expedition should be changed from Dutch American Dutch to Dutch-American Dutch and that leadership leadership leadership lead lead- should be transferred to Dr I Van Leeuwen the Dutch member |