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) i 3 ' Pav.. 5 Lio " IHE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THUKSVAY, DECEMBER 13, MINING ENGINEER'S "ARDUOUS JOURNEY Adventurous Trip of Brit. jsher Through Little Known Land London--L, M. Nesbitt, a British engineer, has recently returned from an adventurous journey through districts in Abyssinia which are as little known to the sutside world as any part of Africa Doving his journey from Hawash Bridge on the ninth parallel N., through Lower and Upper Danakil, to near Assale-Dolol on the 14 deg, 30 N. in Abysinnia, near the Eritrean border, which lasted 106 days, he was fortunate in getting through with the loss of only three of his people, killed by the Dana- kils, as all the European parties who have attempted the journey have been wiped out, Mr. Nesbitt, who was accompanied by two Ital- fan traders--Signot T, Pastor and Signor G. Rosina, who wished to investigate the commercial possi- bilities of the Aussa Sultanate-- was, as a mining engineer, concern- of in making a preliminary geo- logical and topographical survey of this area of some 20,000 square miles of unmapped land. It is un- derstood that he has placed his very voluminous notes, sketches, and maps at the disposal of the Royal Geographical Society, be- fore which he will probably lecture at an early date on the exploits af his journey through one of the last parts of Africa where genu- ine exploration is still possible for the hardy traveller, ! Mr. Nesbitt and his Italian com- panions, with a caravan of 15 na- tives, 26 camels, and four mules, left Hawash Bridge Station, on the railway from Jibuti to Addis Ababa on March 13 of this year and fol. lowed down stream the Hawash 'River, sigzagging about its course, At one time he was forced to push as far west as the (first Plateau markets in Amhara and Galla Land to replenish his caravan, which had suffered considerably from We Repair An Bought oi Tn BASSETTS JEWELLERS On Oshawa's "ain Curner native attacks, Eventually, ever, they reached the Aussa Sul- tanate, where the disappears, drying up into the des- ert, ports or permission from the Abys; ginian Government, or the official gations, as they were just as anxi- how- River Hawash They travelled without pass- knowledge of their respective Le- ous to escape the otherwise al- niost inevitable official embargo on their enterprise as they were to av- old exciting cupidity or alarming suspicion of the more avaricious or bloodthirsty among the tribes and rulers through whose terri- tory they hoped to pass by any display of wealth or numbers, It was, moreover, necessary to keep the party small, as in the later stages of the journey they found that the water-holes supplied bare- ly enough for even the rationed requirements of the.caravan, 80 much so that 10 of their camels and three of their mules died en route, Sultan's Hospitality On entering the Aussa Sultanate they had sent a guide forward to announce their approach, Mean- while the caravan continued along the big curve of the Hawash, which marks the last belt of vegetation in the surrounding deserts, They were met at a ford by an envoy of But his greatest service was the provision of fresh camels, grain, and goatskins for the continuation of the journey and a guide with the Sultan's Silver Baton of com- mand to see them safely through its territory, days in the Aussa suitably rested and refreshed, left for the last time the Hawash Riv- er and moved north again, through deserts, barren country or lava fields, into the Biru Sultan- ate, the Dlorum Plain, past a hitherto unknown salt lake, ing the western face of the Ertale Mountains, where there is a group of four active volcanoes and a ser- ies of salt lakes, also hitherto un- known, the party came up across the Great Salt Desert to Assale- Dolol, which they reached on June 26, af- ter 800 miles and more than three and a half months trek. before and after Aussa, if the first, that through the Lower Danakil re- gion, was the more dangerous from na- tives, part, with its deserts and its in- fernal temperatures Thus after several the caravan, now From there the party crossed After skirt- near the Italian frontier, of arduous Scarce Water Of the two parts of the march, offered the more water, fit Upper Danakil, the second (it is mostly 200 ft or 300 ft. below sea level) is unquestionably a forbidden land. Here the water-holes were four and even six days' journey apart, and the water was invariably brackish, polluted, or muddy at the best, and more often than not so salty and mineralized that in tempera- tures of anything less than 170 deg. F. in the sun or 135 deg. F, in the shade it would have been un- drinkable, its scarcity of natives, have been undoubtedly the harder. The second half, for all seems to From Assale-Dolol on the Italian border the caravan marched to Be- liga and there divided, WORLD'S BIGGEST DAM 15 IN INDIA A Great British Irrigation Scheme Makes Barren Lands Fertile Bombay--A stupendous f{rrigad tion scheme in India which will ev- entually place under cultivation 6,- 000,000 acres of land, was advanc- the Sultan's with several officials and a troop of cavalry. The usual civilities were exchanged, but al- though the envoy and his retinue had ostensibly been sent as a mark of deference, to receive the travel-' lers, and remain at their disposal, it soon became evident that their true mission was to watch the ac- tivities of the party. The Sultan appeared to be not a little jealous of his territory and suspicious of any stranger's approach, After a few days and the exchange of many couriers, his mind grew more easy, and the caravan, now escorted in a different spirit, could travel for- ward to meet the Sultan, He him- self was travelling towards them with a display of considerable force and pomp to mark the unprecedent- ed occasion. The tribesmen came in from all points of the compass; many of them had never seen a white man before. At an appoint. ed spot a spectacular meeting took place amidst warlike displays of irregular cavalry and infantry--a colorful and savage set of men. Af- ter an exchange of greetings, fes- tivities were begun and lasted for several days. The Sultan grew quite friendly to the members of the expedition and camped for several days near then, lavishing gifts by daily camel-loads of foodstuffs and slaughtering of cattle by the herd. RCC TIME TABLES C.PR. TIME TABLE, taking effect 1200 am .42 p.m. Daily 4 11.09 p.m. Daily except Saturday, 12.09 a.m. Daily. 12.2 a.m. Pail, 5.28 am Daily 5.45 am. Daily except Sundsy, 6.20 a.m. Daily HIGH GRADE EQUIP: MENT KEPT IN PER FECT CONDITION MEANS RELIABLF SERVICE 8 KING ~rREET WEST Hund-eds of pec :le wear with utmost comfort Hare's Fa ! Lenses wicker iEbEiatl BEEEREREREREEE Jt fit iL se ih ! B 3 IN FINA A BERBERS ER ANA gS ERERRRRRES 8 BEREEREERREESS Eazesuareibes 1331113333133 i S = | Gilt | pit ml Bi 19735 28 K 111131 § H 8 H H S8ash8E SHR HEE far} HHT | | w \ i i | LOANS ON AUTOMOBILES and TRUCKS ALL MAKES Quickest Service and REPAIRING "WATCHES OUR SPECIALTY I¢ your Watch is not giving satisfaction we ean repair and make it tell the correct time D. J. BROWN THE JEWELER Official Watch inspector for Canadian Naticasl and Osh- awa Railroads, 10 King Bt. W. Phone 180 ed an important stage recently when the Lloyd dam, the largest barrage in the world, was opened at Bhatgar, near Poona, by Sir Les- lie Wilson, Governor of Bombay, This dam across the river valley mile long or five times the length of London Bridge, and is built of 21,000,000 cubic feet of masonry. The reservoir made by the dam will be about four times the area of the largest lake in England, Windermere, An engineer computes that the dam commands an arid area of 834,000 acres --a region greater than the whole county of Gloucest- er, including the Cotswolds and Forest of Dean, Wealth of Food Of this area more than 300 square miles will be irrigated an- nually, yielding a crop of an in- creased value of 323 lakhs of rup- ees (more than £2,400,000,) In the end the extra yleld from the whole scheme of irrigation may be $20,000,000 a year, Members of the Simon Commis- sion present at the ceremony were frankly amazed by the new dam. Tt has cost $6,500,00 to con- struct taking five years to build, It is named after Sir George Lloyd, a former Governor of Bombay, a great advocate of irrigation works. 'When work was started in 1923 it was estimated that the whole scheme would take 12 years, cost- ing $60.000,000, Construction of canals thousands of miles in length is involved in this scheme, By thus fertilizing the sofl it is hoped to remove the spectre of fam- | ine, which in the past has caused such terrible suffering in Bomrbay The Lloyd dam is a great mas- onry structure, with a series of great sluice gates which can be raised or lowered at will to control 'he level of the river, i The superstructure consists of a |series of big masonry piers, 60 ft. near Poona is 190 ft. high, nearly a | Do You Own Your Owu Home Money to loan at 6% per cent first mortgages. J. H. R. LUKE Phones: »71 931; 687TW,. BH apart carrying two bridges, side by side, across the river, DAMAGES FOR COLD OF 15 YEARS AGO Paris, Dec. 13, -- The French- man's legendary dread of draughts was amusingly illustrated in the Paris civil court recently, M. Lannes, son-in-law of M, Fal- lieres, a former President of the Republic, was ordered to pay $200 damages because one of his form. er empolyes, M. Gautron, caught a cold 15 years ago, when M. Lannes was head of the Inland Revenue Department at Versailles, M. Gautron alleged that M, Lannes, as head of the department, was to blame for allowing draughts to blow through the of- fice, and that his cold developed into chronic bronchitis, One witness stated that M. Gan tron was an anti-draught fiend, and that he aught a cold even PHONE 710) W. J. 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