ABYSSINIAN RIVER’S SOURCE DISCOVERED
ROME. The Duke of Abruzzi, cousin of the King of Italy and a famous explorer, who has been for some months in Abyssinia to trace the s-ource of the River Web be Shebcili, now announces that, ho has successfully accomplished the scientific mission intrusted to him by the Abyssinian monarch. The sources of the Webbo Shebeili, which had never been exactly ascertained, arc in the region of Sidamo, near Lake Margherita, farther south than had hitherto been believed.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6803, 5 January 1929, Page 7
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82ABYSSINIAN RIVER’S SOURCE DISCOVERED Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6803, 5 January 1929, Page 7
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