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Show EXPLORERS BRING LOOT FROM JUNGLE XKW ZORK, April It.--Bringing 1 two and a half tons of specimens. In-1 eluding bugs. root, plants, fish, birds I and monUeys; tales of disease, fend of constant battle against the deadly! creatures of the tropics, three mtm-j hers of the Mulford exploration party; dt barked here todn after spending 10 months In South American Jim -1 gles. The men were Orland K. White. botanist; Nathan BS Pearson, ichthyologist, ichthy-ologist, arid l!' William T. Mnnn. entomologist1. The expedition went to 8outh Ani-i erlCd under the leadership of Dr. H. H. Rusby. of Columbia university, to explore the Amazon valley. Dr. Itua-by Itua-by was forced to return iev ral we ago, suffering from malaria fever and an ulcerated tbotn, The returning cx!or. iv said that they were sotiietimcs forced to eat monkeys when food became scone, and explained that young monkeys I were considered a rather delicate I fooii morsel. |