ABYSSINIAN SURVEY PARTY.
SEVENTY FEU CENT. DIE FUOM FALL A C ST I ON.
l!y Telegraph —Press Association—Copyright London, Oct. 10.
The Anglo-Egyptian Abyssinian -lubilee survey expedition, which commenced work last year, has returned to F.n gland. It encountered terrible privations, and 7b per cent, of the members of the expedition succumbed. Thirty died from exhaustion during the months of hostilities with tho Turkhanas, a race of naked giants occupying country round Lake Rudolph.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 238, 17 October 1901, Page 2
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