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Show HOPE 10 FIND RARE ANIMALS Prehistoric Beasts May-Roam May-Roam Mouth of Dead African Volcano LONDON, Dec, 2. An untouched Eden In the mouth of a burned-out .volcano in the heart of Africa providing provid-ing a place of refuge for thousands of animals, many of them possihly extinct ex-tinct in other parts of the world, is ,to be explored by scientists. The land forming the mouth of the volcano has been purchased by an Englishman who will organise an expedition to probe the secrets of the crater. The volcano is the Kiant Ngoro-Ngoro. Ngoro-Ngoro. the largest crater on this planet The mouth Is 1" miles across, and a veritable paradise for wild animals. ani-mals. The Germans knew of It before be-fore the war, but kept Its existence a secret There Is a wide range of possibilities possibili-ties as to what a thorough exploration explora-tion of the crater may bring for tii Prehistoric animals, believed to have perished from the earth thousands of years ago, may Inhabit its caves and BCientlStfl hope to find live creatures of which only skeletons have been discovered In other parts of the world I The explorer photographer, T A.l Burnes, and Mr. Frederick Daizh l both of New York, were members of i a party whb h recently made an ex-1 pcditlon to the crater. They eatlmat-j ed that 7r..(iOo animals Inhabit this strange land ' The craten, in fact. Is, a city of animals which have lived there for centuries, safe from attack. The steep Bides of the volcano nfcikc a natural barrier against the outside ; world and there, are few men. white: or black, who have dared to penetrate j the surrounding forests even to look' Into this paradise for animals |