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I have always believed in Stefansson's dictum that "Adventures are a mark of incompetence." In other words, if an explorer prepares himself properly in advance of any expedition, he will have few adventures. Nevertheless, one can not foresee every eventuality and, in spite of preparation, the unexpected will happen. So it is, that during thirty years of wandering into the far corners of the world, I have had a good many adventures and strange experiences. I have written some of them down just as they happened. They are all tales of the Far East, where I spent most of my working life. Strange as they may seem, they are fact, not fiction. The same sort of thing is happening today, for fundamentally the people of the Orient haven't changed, nor will they change for generations to come.

Most of these pieces have been published in True: the Man's Magazine. My best thanks are due the editors of True for permission to present them in this book.

Roy Chapman Andrews