Poking around the internet, I came across this guy:
Lawrence T. K. Griswold, Jungle Explorer, Adventurer.
In the forward of his book, Tombs, travel and trouble
http://www.amazon.com/Tombs-travel-trouble-Lawrence-Griswold/dp/B00085UOS0
he wrote:
'In fact most of the time I was either scared to death, too busy to think about it all, or just damned annoyed. Adventures, in retrospect are pieces of extremely bad luck that missed a fatal ending. A set of circumstances starts a chain of consequences. If you are in the immediate vicinity the chances are you are about to undergo an adventure. If it turns out fatally for your side, it's a tragedy. If it turns out fatally for the other side or with nobody hurt at all, it's a comedy. One or the other, tragedy or comedy - it's never adventure when it's going on!'
In 1935 he was a passenger on The EMPRESS OF ASIA, under the command of Captain A. V. R. Lovegrove.
They concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on June 21st, 1935. On this crossing Hawaii was called upon prior to reaching Victoria. Over 100 passengers embarked at Honolulu. The ship reported an uneventful passage. Cargo included mail and a large consignment of general freight.
Lawrence Griswold, however, had in "general freight" boxes of live white monkeys and
cobra snakes for zoological institutions in New York and Washington.
Try getting a box of cobras and another of monkeys, of any color, on a ship today.
In fact, today you would get Samuel Jackson beefing about "Snakes on a Boat"
Later, while exploring South America, he noted
"When I got clear [of the jungle] there wasn't a man in sight. As I stood looking for one of the foremen, another of the mestizos broke out of the forest to my left
about thirty feet away. Dressed only in cotton pants he carried his
machete threateningly and his expression was murderous. He loped toward
me, his body bent slightly forward and the long machete swinging easily
from his right hand.
Everything suddenly seemed perfectly simple.
I stood my ground, raised the revolver and shot him."
Sounds like I think I have heard this before.
http://raven.theraider.net/archive/index.php/t-22928.html
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