ACROSS THE SAHARA.
I ■M. xx Mob,e, Frenchman, aged 24, has just' accomplished a journey by came* across tho Sahara from 'Algiers to Tunbnetoo, in the French Soudan. His object was to mark out the rout© for a FW** aeroplane flight across the desert, ■»»*"? away from civilisation for 13 months, * Da covered over 5000 miles. , The first stage of the journey was B«J bv train, but at Ghardia M. to More and his companion bought camels, :.«>f?f«JgH Arab guide and two bearers,• and the ««J : } i s caravan went out into the desert. At A« Salah, the oasis, which was reached;ajt« 13 days, the travellers met another Frenchman and his wife living in the lonely dw trict. After that the caravan *£'. 29 days without meeting; another, being. , • " . Ll'" • South through the plains the ,oeeded to Gao-Gao, ?, on Ithe banks of t*e [ Niger River. Thence up tne wat«W•:■■-". they made a good voyage to <&**»&* where M. to --Mora -remained .***££• ;:: months. Tie return ■:-V4, by;.* "^^mM
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14931, 2 March 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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