DAN CRAWFORD.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 154, 30 June 1914, Page 2

DAN CRAWFORD.

MISSIONARY. ATTTHOR, AND EXPLORER. Do!.:- NUT I.IKK <-H.'II WAYS. \ »inrilj miilill« , -ii!S , <l y foUman v»iih i ~,u ; ..■.•( -, j:i *.\dt- 1 attention ..- thfc , i.-ii! rail on her arrival from Vaneouvrr t:! - moniin-. II" «** »"'■ of the lin«t| to lind. ami the iithletif (.'ait whii ii brought him diivii the proclaimed I im as ii man ol hjibitual eunr-'v. •|' ; , ; . M.l- Dan rrawi'onl. the world-| f.rtnoiis I'X'pJoTPr. and anther, j vh:i I■::- made » deloJir iro:n hngland i and Amerira in or.ier to vieil New Scathe dark regions of <«ntfjl Africa, tnvrnTds Lhf> liirlitirur of wh-k-li '■'■ H .-o nohle a work. Mr. Crawford does no! readily talk! n:.t)iit. liimsclf, but to a "Star" interviewer lie ma-dr .-onr , modent referenn« I lo the {rninil reeeyiUon- which have been' iiim and Mm. Crawford ilurinfl tlir year's firrloiiph thai took them lo and Ameri-ii. Willi a com- i about the stifTiires of his collar-- I J\<: had not worn one for 2:! years- and ( ihw feet resting on Llie table, tho -virile ■ explorer lrtiijrhinp;ly explained how life in the wilds had developed the m-s-Lifiu »ir mul onabled him to fully appreciate coiomal wajw. The vrsftor iri purhaps ijest -known to •■»!«» onte.r tvorld as Ihe author of ""rirmkinjr CliK-k." In explaining the wily i of the Ktory. Mr. (raw-ford sa.id lie | r.'sxjlred to pkmire in amon; the natives.! in live, -writh thmn in their trwn dirty littlcv-hamlets.and to pet u> tlie lia-rk of the black mauie brain. Tin- inability of iwiiite to think as blaiJc und vit-e versa. fwas at tin- l»iek of -M the inter-racial J.ronble. M»on ,bi «innib-a.lh=m tlie African ■77Rero had method in his madness. ■■Wore I tt> t>-!l my Afrkans." .-aid tlie visitor, "of the of putrify--;in<; de:»d bodier. wJiiilt wen- lying in. the cain]>; while I was in .Mexico a few weeic.< the poor old-caiuiibals would t-hjike, their hnids arid 'Shikami ya jryoka. wi payu wi paya no kudia to — Oh. the 'venomous hatred of the snake. rhon--kill<«t. Mr. White Man. iin.l t!iou «atcet not wbut t!iou killest.'" -Mr. i Crawford added that Liie cunnjbal only | ViUcd j'or -honent neef-rteak puqKjses.' , lie. ate u\on because, he thought that jiuilL ;ik>n.- was in<i«( >an>ful of all be ate. and beloved in l.'ie nutivu adage, "Kat man and you ure doubly man." i.\n Afrioui wouid not cat :i r-.'ijcike.n bemuse he rr-irjirded it as a He bad made up liii-s mind never to rrnnc- out of Africa, -sjiid Mr. ( raivford. feut a cha:i;-e rirramstanee. of poDtical 3iioTne.at.4iad neeestiita.ted a visrt 1o luml. lie hiui regarded (hio lour as thn tr&<i«» elm nee of hi» Wetime, for he knew that he would never L-onip ba<k. ■I nm froing to Australia." added tliU <|iiaint man fr<mi the wi'«ls. "and tlreii jfondbyp tn the whole lot of you. T like you, but I don't like yourways— ymi. like the old Presbyifirian pospel. Mloxl lo\-i~ the sinner, .but lie hates bin einn. , " During hia <»j .in Auckland, Crawford is to give a si'rit-s of 'leeturiM under vmiourt auspices, and he ciiwlrroi it to iw understood that Tint. one frar-tion ol the proceeds—as in tlifi • •a*e of bU literary work^.— po-F to him. He \ui<~ no personal npe for mrn-h money, for hi.- work lie- where world possracount fur little.