UNNAMED ANIMAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9679, 31 December 1909, Page 4

UNNAMED ANIMAL.

Somewhere in the heart of untrodden Dutcn New Guinea is believed to be i primitive animal, unnamed by scientists, "very large, striped black and white, with a nose like a tapir and a face like the devil." The tracks of the animal have been seen The vivid description quoted is that of a member of a Dutch expedition which, after penetrating a distance of &5 miles in the unknown, retired baffled by the mountains, forests, and fevers. A British expedition has left England for .Dutch New Guinea to make another attempt to cross the island. It has been organised by Mr VV. R. Ogilvie-Grant, for the British Urnithologists' Union, and is headed by xMr Walter Goodfullow, the wellknown traveller, with whom will be Mr A. F. R. Woliaston, recently j medical officer to the Rowenzori ex- j peditio.% and Dr Eric Marshall, who j was with Lieutenant Shackleton in

the Antarctic. It is hoped to begirj the task in January, which will include a search for the unnamed animal, the collection of new birds and insects, and a careful survey of the country traversed. A fund of £4,000 is being raised to assist the expedition, the amount subscribed being £3,600.