The proposed flooding of the Sahara Desert is something more than mere talk. Mr. M'Kenzie, the proj.ctor, with an engineering party, is about to leave London f'.r "Western Africa, to make the necessary surveys for turning the waters of the Atlantic into the great desert. He i 3 confident thjtt a canal eight or nine miles long will accomplish the object, and enable the flooding of the low lands to be accomplished, so that Timbuctoo will be brought within navigable distance to the sea. The opening up of a vast trade with the interior of Africa is the inducement offered for carrying out the project.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 176, 13 November 1876, Page 2
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