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Show ! as Leh. i During the first 100 miles to Leh the expedition met Reverend and I Mrs. Heber of the Moravian mission; Mr. and Mrs. Owen Jones of Chicago, and Maj. George Van B. Gillan, consul-general consul-general at Kashgnr, who represents the American as well as British Interests. Inter-ests. Obtain Passports From Peking. In order to go into Chinese Turke- stan the Roosevelt expedition was f obliged to obtain permits from the Pe-j Pe-j king government, which enabled them to enter territory which is truly a sportsman's sports-man's paradise and very little traveled by white people. Only 12 passes a year are given to traelers to visit Leh and Ladakh, six for the first half and six for the latter lat-ter half, this being necessary because of food problems, much of the food having to be taken from Srinagar. In addition to their interest in the hunting for rare animals members of the expedition always were confronted confront-ed with food problems and some of tbem, especially Kermit Roosevelt, ( took every opportunity to help solve j these. He always had ready his fislv ! Ing rods and used them to good ad-! ad-! vantage for the entire party in the Dras and Tarkand rivers. News Comes Slowly. The progress and success of the Roosevelt expedition Is being watched with considerable interest by English sportsmen now in India, nlthougb the news that filters through Is very meager. It is much the same as it was on the last Everest expedition when the news India received of the mountain climbing climb-ing wns dated London. Most of the dispatches that have tome through ur to this time merely said: "All's wel1 with the Iloosevelts," or words to th?' pfTect. ROOSEVELT HUNTERS PLAN TRIP TO CHINA Quest of Rare Animals in Asia May Extend Tour. Amritsar, India. The Roosevelt expedition ex-pedition in quest of rare animals of the mountains and jungles of Asia, had not decided when it passed through Kashmir on its way to the Pamirs, by just what route it would return or how long its trip would last. There was some prospect, It was said, that the tour might be extended to January and that It was possible the expedition might be continued into China and not return to India. The expedition, including Col. Theodore Theo-dore Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt, George Cherrie and Mr. Cutting, a cinema operator, made the first part of Its tlp Into India without incident. inci-dent. The members traveled over the well-known route from Srinagar to Leh and Ladakh. There Is abundant game In that section of the country, but the expedition expe-dition was Interested in getting the ovls poll on the lofty heights of the Pamirs and the long-haired tiirer In the Thlnnshan mountains of Chinese Turkestan. . Ovis Poll Hard to Shoot. The ovls poll, or Pamir sheep, Is not so rare as some may think, but as it hubltates the high part of the .'amir range, the shooting of it Is made difficult. dif-ficult. This animal Is the largest of the sheep family and sometimes weighs 300 pounds. Its head Is beau- tilled by Its horns, each of which grows Into a spiral form, five or six feet around the curve. The longhaired long-haired tiger found In the Chinese i Turkestan regions often grows to a length of 12 feet. The Roosevelt party went to Rawalpindi Ra-walpindi by train in the blazing heal of May when the thermometer registered regis-tered 115 degrees In the shade. From Rawalpindi the party went by automobile auto-mobile 202 miles up and down the mountainside. The travelers, while In the Kashmir Kash-mir valley, were guests of Sir and Lady John P.. Wood, but they remained re-mained only sufficiently long for their transport arrangements to be made. Made Haste to Avoid Cholera. Their haste In getting away was due to the fact that this year there j Is a cholera epidemic of more than i ordinary proportions. Deaths have ; been occurring at the rate of 1.500 ; to 1.700 a week since. j In the preparation of their equipment equip-ment Colonel Roosevelt and his associates as-sociates were ably assisted while in Kashmir by Ma.i. A. J. iliude. assistant assist-ant resident of Kashmir and P.:iiish Joint commissioner of Ladakh. In the transportation of their etpiipment anil supplies coolies and yaks were used during the first stages of the .iour-ne-Y throughout, .the.. Leh regions. ' Coolies are hired for 24 cents a day and ponies for 30 cents a day as far i |