— Tt. ■ is really astonishing to seo that when travel lore arc engaged in opening the hitherto unknown 'tracts beyond the Himalayas 'and Tibet nothing lias been <lono to solve tlio mystery hanging round the fort of Rani Unknoti, situated near the -'hills of Amai'kantak (C'wilral Provinces). The fort • contains innumerable treasures and jewels, and was for a iong time tlic headquarters of I lie Hindu rajahs of that part of ilio country. Sir liiehard Temple, once the Lieutenant-governor of Bengal, is said to-have tried to reae'h the fort-, but his olephant stuck deep in the mud extending far miles round' the fort, and ho was obliged to retreat.—Correspondent in Pioneer, Allahabad. . Influenza can be prevented and CttMjl il. WOLFE'S SCEMPPS, ' '
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14377, 21 November 1908, Page 4
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