Outside The Cave

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 94, 20 April 1940, Page 4 (Supplement)

Outside The Cave

Mr - "• s - Amery, M.P., says in a prefilce to his "Days of Fresh"Air" (Jarrolds) that civilised man, like primitive S^.^JStT'J'TBLSE a lover of the open air > he takes n,ost of hfs pleasures outside the cave. "Days ot Fresh Air" is concerned wholly with these fresh air activities. From early vears Mr. Amerv has been interested in nioUlltains He ' is an expert climber, and his mountain experiences have taken him into the Alps, the Dolomites, the South Africau Drakensfterg, and the Canadian Rockies, As Minister for the Dominions he visited many parte of the Empire, ineluding Canada, South Africa, Australia an d New Zealand, and in all of them he found occasions for outdoor sport, At the age of 25 he was sent by "The Times" as war correspondent to South Africa when he tried to report from the Boer side, but in this he was unsuccessful. He has interesting incidents to relate of how Mr. Winston Churchill became a prisoner of war. and he himself escaped —by missing a train! "Days of Fresh Air" should be read by all who are interested in exploits of courage and daring.