Los Angeles Herald, Volume 33, Number 10, 11 October 1910 — LANG SENDS WORD FROM EQUATORIAL JUNGLE [ARTICLE]

LANG SENDS WORD FROM EQUATORIAL JUNGLE

National Museum Hears from Expedition to World's Most Inaccessible Spot

NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—The American Museum of Natural history has Just received news of the safety and success of Its Congo expedition, which has been in the jungles of Equatorial Africa since June, 1909. under the leadership of Prof. Herbert Lang. The report received was sent June 30 from Avakubi, in the Hautltura, which explorers call "the most inaccessible spot in the world." As an illustration of its inaccessibility, they report "it was only a few days ago that we receiyea the Information of the discovery of the north pole by Cook." The expedition, which is searching for specimens to complete the museum's collections, thus far has secured IJOO mammals, 1500 birds and several thousand specimens of small fauna, besides a unique ethnological collection of 700 SPThe"trlp is unique in that the Belgian government has co-operated with the museum in financing the work. In return for the expense of transportation furnished by the Belgian government the expedition is to give to the Eernuren museum, in Belgium, certain zoological specimens lacking there Ihe museum's share of expense is being borne by a group of wealthy New YoTkers, including .1. P. Morgan jr., William K. Vanderbilt, Robert K. Goelet and William Rockefeller.