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...Jungle Book which appeared in bookstores last week* started out to be Dr. Herbert Spencer Dickey's account of his discovering the source of the Orinoco River (TIME, Aug. 10). But for a long time he had wanted to speak out about men, institutions and conditions in Latin America which have vexed him. His book turned from a travelog into a philippic. Lest readers doubt his competence to criticize he took care to detail that he has spent but 30 months of the past 31 years outside of South America. For 25 years he was physician & surgeon to mines...
...Gandhi has three teeth (two upper incisors, one lower left center). He keeps them clean by the dantan, also necessary for tongue-cleansing, as explained by TIME. Eating no meat, he uses his false teeth on few occasions.-ED. Dickey Underbid...
...Herbert Spencer Dickey (TIME, Oct. 19) intrepid explorer, valiant promoter, is to be applauded for his share in helping deliver the interior of South America into the hands of ''dudes." Ma)' his expensive collection of them see many Jivaros. shoot many monkeys...
...think that Dr. Dickey's $5,000 fee for the trip across the Andes and down the Amazon is excessive: rather it is trading upon the glamour of the tropics for the uninitiated. I'll guarantee the same trip and conditions for less than half of thai: I happen to live right on the trail...
...Dickey who sailed last week with four dude paying-companions, said he could have offered the trip at $1.000. But he offered luxuries-airplane rides, outboard motors, the backing of the State Department. Let less luxury-minded dudes dicker with Duderancher Gill.-ED. "It Isn't Always...