The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-13

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iounu necessary 10 oioss wv ..eep s'aeier.
Nvte.'nsV haru ice, unorsus o,
s.'P' a" i" oe su' a'a 'o'ne iuee VI
'"o uuey VI ns WON "V oe sa'h'
p'u 'vih 'no 'a'' 'na' jug seeonu e.acier'
""i'n '"o kuiues ostinh'eu "ou'u .aks
,"ehV r ,, W c.oss' toos. III 'oc., 'hree
hours ,oa a '' 'nls Rno,er WIS inc ias'
se,loa, ulincu'V ehooun'ereu' an hour aner
"u' oee" eioSs.o' VI. ac'ua, summit Vi 'hs
u",ah vas reaenoo' At ABOUT nIuuaY On
nep'' =. no ms"'nel was 'naV,i.ncan'. ou'
""o '"p rooeo w ie.,a'u on .ne SUNNI,
Ior nall au hour Nn'Ie WI hacslnuer 'ook
'vr , 49,, a"u vao y. W. p"o'o .e,
In" ne'ua' nolsn' VI ,ne mountain remains
W ~ n''neu' uu' .es' 'na" n.' oeen
sappo'eu' ',uk o,er i,.ooo Iee'' ou. nn ,,io
io'ooV lee'' i"e rs'ul" tourney W wv i'.ovo-
'op' camp was sse', aevompnshso' ou. ,ns
| the latter part OF the journey having been
| accomplished in bright moonlight After
| resting for q day Mr.. Nackinder again.
accompanied by the two guides. set out
for tho purpose Of going round the should
ers OF the mountain, lust below the level
OF the glaciers This journey occupied three
days. and as they had to carry their own food
and observing instruments they were unable
to take tent. but slept In the open without
any shelter whatever. Many valuable obser-
vatlons " ere taken. from which II will he pos
sibls to construct an accurate map OF the
mountain and its immediate surroundings
Mr.. Gregory observed i've glaciers. one large.
to which he gave the name Of the Lewis Gla-
cier" and four smaller ones There are. in
fact fifteen glaciers on Mount Kenya and to
the largest OF the ten new ones discovered by
Mr. Mackinder he proposes to give the name
OF the Gregory Glacier"
The homsward journey was begun on Sent
81 aud Mr.. AIackindsr, an xious to return to
oxford with the least possible delay. pushed on
10 Nairobi near the railhead. and arrived in
London on the evening Of Oct. 80. twenty
eight days after reaching the raiway-probably
a record journey from the interior OF East
Africa 1t IL interesting to note that not a
single European mc m Der q, tho expedition suf-
fered days Illness during the entire tourney
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lhc Lohuon iWes draws attention 10 inc
singular wh'ch mas attshueu all the
shorts OF France 10 es'aolish her influence IN
the Lake 'hhu region OF central AFRICA Ana
"hen one consumers the history OF the iour eI-
petitions which had Lake Chad Tor their OBJ
lectlve' u 10 imposslpIe not 10 SEQ now well
Justine are ,"e conlPia'n's OF 'o' hohtell
against tho ireneh colonial once. None OF
the three government expeditions LETT France
June 1875 had been signed. so that there
was no question OF anticipating any rival
European power. Ihe French sphere OF In
nuenee' as those OF uermany ana England,
hah ueeh assigned ana there docs not seem 10
nave oeeh any Necessity lor the hurried dss-
pateh OF eApeuitlOhs 10 'ake possess on of ter
rNor' whlch was SAFE from the encroachment
oi any one use. Az 'oi' hoh'eh pointed ont.
an fteh"n onc'as IN africa were strongly op-
noseu 10 thseScessiNs zeal lthon'knowledge
Su"h Undertakings require the most careful
preparation ana precautions. and even then
they must be HauIht with danger. For this
neglect france mas paii anu Is payihga heaVy
price. ana tho uhoic ta's IL not yet told.
inc huN government expedition IN point OF
time. was that under Capts' Noulet AMI Cha
nome Wheh 1871 france In July lS'S II
statteo rom NJ LOUIS IN senegal with the in
'ent'oh OF making hs waI by hsapper Senegal
valley ana me NIger 10 say whence II was to
cross 20 Lake 'hah' whlch u would thus ap-
proach from I've "eA' me tragic story OF TINS
eApeu'tph' the grave charges Srought against
hs Iehners' the "eSpa'ch o' '"' hioeo 10 as
sumo 'he oomman"' MS thurher 10y Capt.
NouIe'' ahh the k'I'ing OF 'arts. Nouiet and
Chano'ne oy their own men. are still fresh In
tho recollection OF the whole civilized world.
IN" second eNnearloh 10 set out with Lake
'"nu W soV'''''c' ""7 prsanlHe IN hgstIa
anu 's't b'ssra on sept ~ iS''S' In num-
Oets ana elu'pheh' " was the most important
Of al ls Icaier was d. remand fouTeau'
distinguished efpiorer 10 whom IN" Royal
programmed society gave we Roil mel this
year 'or MS corporation OF inc sahara Tho
military escort was nnuer inc command OF
Ma!or Lainy. ann heIuded captain. hve
hleu'ehahts, TWO SURGEONS Two companies OF
naive uraIls"rs ana uozsn spnhls. The
total Strength OF hseSped'tion was about 80
men. The caravan was maze M OF about 200
camels AMI numher OF horses, while two
liGht mountain guns aaued materially to its
military strength.
the OBJECT o, ms the foureau- Lnmy eIpe-
dtion' was two'oId' IL was intended to effect
n Junction near Lake 'haa win the other ex-
ped'lohs "hlch wore approaching that great
Inland iHSe from III" west ana from the south.
anu u was 10 open up prac'lcaOIe route be-
tween southern Al2eEiaandths / reneh souian.
WINE AZ the sane time making careful sur
NsY OF the eoua'ry through wh'ch u passed, so
hSto us'ertiihe no" 'ut IL oHereu practicable
route ior the irhhSssharah halfway. which II
IL hoped may some day connect the hedltsr-
raneah WIN Lake ohad: