, 1875-06-29

AFRICA.
THE sAHAn1-A RAILWAY AxfWEEN AI1knr4 ANn
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THE sAHAnA-A RAILWAY nxTwEEN AL1kRrA Axn
hEHNdAI4 VIA TIMhuCToo.
pAntH june ia hallway betNeen Algeria
aud Senegal, viA Timoactoo, appears STARTLING
project, yot such was tho echeme suggehted Oh
Thursday night iu . lecture At tho Sails dos Con-
fers,cea by u. Paul Soeilet who maintained
thai valuable merchandise from America loH-
tined for Southern aud Eastern Europe, would
adopt tAst}outo aud thus restore iotho Med1tasfa-
load tho importance necessary to tho indueuoo Of
tile Lain racea. H. Boleilles ntartsd GU an ex-
Fedittou fsum Algiera ln Uocospbe., 1872, his
Intention being 10 reach Ut. Louis, 6enogalt via
T.Mbuctoo. but owinK to tho opposition Of en
ln4usgent chief he MAS unAh!e 10 penetrate fur
thor than Cnlah (alout l.0U0 kilometres from
AtgtoEu}. The latter portion OF Tho ronto tRd
ciatca i . mistake 10 imagine tto Sahara long,
continuous tract OF sand. lo found along
gross part Of tho TaJ fertile soil, pro-
duc1ng 10th an African'aud European t!ora,
including corehla wh'cl, ase, grown III Eartens.
bu. have to con.ond viii, dsy climate. At ono
rcnt. however, he and his four companions had
to dlsMount to make track for thur aulmais,
aud at npother tho plain was covered by atones
Of different co!oIS. QUO tint suc.oedng another.
notion Of tho wind, but hro rocks docomposed
by atmospheric ageucfes. 1nsa Is ahoWn
w their variety ,ot height and form,
sd BY ts audsu1sa dur.lty fof It lsss. sov-
lie was struck IN tEayeteiug thoso aAndy regions
with the sharp outline Of distant obfacss and
with tho colors of certain stars, which had tho
same tlntr to the uRkcd eye a. they present
through = telescope. 1ls speaks saug,,inely
Of tue intelligence of the Derbors aud
haf sEp'.Sy ssp,'Sly co2fv 9f being so,c1h.a fyzea
judges OF questions OF morality, and e1eom-
manlcatiou IL tho severest punlslsuent Anowl,
Mhi!o the nost helpoua ol1enta IL marriage With
foreign wonleu,-s prejudice lo attr!butea to
Jeninl tribe converted TO MAhomedaniSn, which
ho thinks probably settled tnore betoro tho
Christian en-. Ae found no dangerous a.-
lnal In Tho Bahars. tho ostrich and
fauna: Ills expedition MAS ltl.tlsnod OH account
of all inHurrortion against ths Enporus Of Mo-
rocco having broken out. but 10 proposes to
mako secoud setenpt TO roach Senegal. and
| Ito sugveata that Frouoh Cousua or residents
should DO stationed along tho route ~ foct Of
commerce sud civilization. for ths ial,ab-
,tants as sedeutasy ana hATs adouted
ti''s must 10 regarded ~ ~ in'sial
step !n Advancement. It may ba sdded that HI
ita!isn expedition. got up ~ private individuals.
has AlrlSed II Tunls for ths purpose oi aspert4n
lug tie feasibility OF turning lho waters OF tho
hledlterssnean into tue lunisian Sahara, q pro-
tect advocated by NJ. du Leaseps bstoIn tho
French Academy OF Scieuces last autumn.
lakes Or schauts usre connactel III
classical timss by canal with lbs Gulf u
GAtsa, fFou Nlich tboy are non sepArAtsa by
Al lsthtuus n Kilometres broad. TIE exploEe!a
Wall take the levu!a os these lakes A1d ascertain
Nhsther = cana1 il pracsicsble. II would b. a
Efeat advantage 10 Algeria by opeuislg TIP aha
e4pfusa 81 Constantine ta t1sas. 7'hs tsx Q!