A VISITING EXPLORER.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1861, 22 September 1913, Page 8

A VISITING EXPLORER.

"THROUGH FIVE REPUBLICS."

The Rev. G. W. Hay, F.R.G.S., tlio well-known South American explorer, and author of tlio work, "Through Five Republics on Horseback," occupied tho pulpit at St. John's Church last evening, and in the course of a most interesting and informative, discourso gave an insight into the life and manners of tho people of several of the Republics. which ho has visited, and, to a largo extent, explored. Ho spoke of his discovery of a new tribe of natives away baok on the hinterland of Bolivia, and of tho extraordinary practices they indulged in in tho name of _ their own peculiar and barbaric religion. In one of the tribes ho met, the witch doctor had decreed tho death of all children, and carried out the sentence with a club which Mr. Ray still has in his possession. His remarks on Brazil were most interesting. Speaking of tho extent of that great country, ho stated that it was large enough to give the head of every household in tho world a scven-acro farm, and being an enormously productive country could accommodate the entire populations of Europe, Asia, _ and Australasia and still nave territory to spare. The Rev. Mr. Ray is to deliver a lecturo on his experiences and missionary work in South America in St. John's Schoolroom to-morrow evening. Admission will bo free. A collection will be taken during tho evening.