EXPLORERS' WORK.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1761, 28 May 1913, Page 7

EXPLORERS' WORK.

SPEECH BY LORD CURZON.

LADY SCOTT HONOURED,

By Telegraph—Press AssocioAion— (Rec. Sky 27, 11.30 p.m.) London, May 27. Lord Curzon, President of tho Royal Geographical Society, at a meeting of the society, presented Lady S'cott witlV a gold watch and a casket containing her husband's gold medals. Lord Curzon said that there should bo a public subscription to enable (he scientific results of Captain Scott's work to bo published on a scale never previously attempted. Lady Scott' promised tho Society her husband's diary after she lmd \ited it for the book she was presently publishing. Lord Curzon paid a high tribute to Dr. Mawson ivho, he said, had escaped after a display of fortitude and endurance almost without parallel in the history of exploration. The Society looked fonvnrd to tho opening of the 19H session, with Dr. Mawson's story of his exploration. Ho hoped that others would be induced to follow Dr. Mawson in the mapping out of the contour of tho Antarctic Continent., A PAPUAN EXPEDITION. DR. WOLLASTON'S ACHIEVEMENTS.. DISCOVERS DIMINUTIVE PEOPLE. (Rec. May 27, 11.30 p.m.) London, May 27. Dr. A. F. R. Wollaston, leader of 'ilie expedition sent to Papua by tho British Ornithologists' Union, has informed Renter's Agency that at a height of 5000 feet above sea level on Mount Carstenez lie found friendly folk of diminutive stature, whose existenco he had previously reported.

Dr. Wollaston readied a height of 15,000 feet, when this ice and dense fog compelled him to retreat. His canoe capsized on til* Utakwa River, and ho. had a narrow ts&ape, losing his instruments and three months' diaries.

When in Papua in 1910 witfi a nrevious expedition, Dr. Wollaston's native carriers, while exploring the river Kapare, chased and captured two little men who proved to belong to a diminutive people called Tapiro b,v the Papuans. Their clearing could bo se'en,o:n the hill, side three miles off, but it was some time before tho expedition (tot into touch with them. They are pygmies only in the limited sense that besides being short (4ft. 9in.) they are slightly built and not merely stunted. The knowledgo of them acouired by _ tho expedition might well have been wider. Their village was visited, but they could not be prevailed upon to nroduce their women and children, aiul their vocabulary was not noted down.