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(Associated
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MANZANILLO, Tex., Aug. 28. —Two slim young American vagabond explorers, Dana and Ginger Lamb, are hacking their way through Mexican coastal jungles on a 2,000-mile hike just to toughen up for the goal of their new explorations, the Lost City of the Mayas.

"We certainly are getting put through the paces", the young couple report.

"It is a land of mud, rain and mosquitoes. Every trail that was used by the natives in the dry season is now blocked by deadwood and vines that have been knocked down by terrific squalls. We have to cut our way through this tangled maze with our machetes, nearly every foot of the way. If this doesn't toughen us up for the jaunt into the Forbidden Land, we don't know what will".

The wiry couple left their Santa Ana home last April. They are hardened vagabonds. On a 16,000-mile honeymoon started in 1933, they sailed down the west coast of Central America, spent six months on the treasure island of Cocos, and finally piloted their 16-foot craft through the Panama canal. The fruit of this honeymoon was one of the best selling non-fiction books of 1938, "Enchanted Vagabonds".

They figure the new exploration will be a matter of years. Lamb is convinced from his research that a real scientific treasure is to be found in the Lost City of the Mayas. This, he says, will be a library, discovery of which he hopes will add a thrilling store of knowledge about the lost civilizations of ancient Central America.