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Show , YALE'S SCIENTIFIC ?' EXPEDITION TO PERU IfETnrX VEN", Conn.." May J6. TBt Yale scientific expedition to Peru recently re-cently authorized by the university corporation cor-poration will leave New York on June 8. There will be six men in tlie psrtv. three of them members of the Yale faculty, headed by Dr. Hiram Bingham, Bing-ham, professor of Latin-American his-torv. his-torv. Ten years ago Professor Binghsm visited V'hoqqiiequira one of the lost cities of the Jncas lost because they have been swallowed - up in jungles, lie hopes on tbis expedition to find more of these cities. The -work before the expedition is divided into three parts. There is the archaeological work, of which the prob. lent is, how far the Incas held sway. Thea there is the pathological problem, prob-lem, the study of the diseases of the region. Lastly, the scientists will make, a detailed "survey' of a section of Peru, "an all round reconnaissance of the conntrv. archaenlogicallv, geologically, geologi-cally, biologically and geographically." Tbev will visit Mount Coroliuna. which some geologists say is the highest nioun-tain nioun-tain iu the western hemisphere, and possibly make an accurate measure of its altitude. By agreement with the Peruvian gov-ernmrnt, gov-ernmrnt, anv buried treasure which thej expedition finds will be turned over to the authorities. |