Show I I I I I SCIENTIST EN SEEKS LOST CONTINENT I Wiliam Viliam Allanson Bryan Is IsI Looking for Prehistoric V Bridge I F By Associated Press Preas BUENOS AIRES Dec Details 6 26 Details of of a a lost continent in the tho Pacific ocean a mile mlle prehistoric bridge of of land between South America and i Hawaii long submerged is being sought by an American scientist WilLiam William William Wil Wil- liam Allanson Bryan professor of zoology and geology In the colle college e Hof of Hawaii who left Honolulu last June on his remarkable quest Dr Bryan who came to Argentina by way of Me Mexico and the west coast of South America where he studied volcano and r Andean geology is Js about to return to Valparaiso r where he will board a ship for the little island of ot Juan V Fernandez miles out The l Island Is inhabited by a small colony I i of fishermen and their families In the Philadelphia academy of I natural science said the professor I was wall surprised d a year ago to discover dis dig discover cover er certain little fresh water mol- mol from Juan Fernandez ernandez that were extraordinarily similar to certain mol mol- lusts in Hawaii So I J determined to toI I visit the island study those thoM shells I and its entire flora and fauna If the Juan Fernandez shou should d prove to be bo closely allied with I I those of Hawaii Dr Bryan In an an address here it would prove I that land connection had existed as the species must have traveled from Juan Fernandez to Hawaii or vice versa by the rivers of the prehistoric continent |