1 MARCH 1924, Page 10

Matters connected with Northern and Equatorial Africa have been much

in the public eye of late. First, there was the recent Tangier settlement. Last year we had the crossing of the Sahara by the mechanically- propelled vehicles of the Citroen party, and this month two further expeditions have been announced; before that there was Mrs. Rosita Forbes' journey to Kufra, a couple of years since ; a few days since the Times published a remarkable account of the journey through the Libyan Desert to Darfur by the Egyptian explorer, Hassanein Bey. The journey of the ill-fated Dixmude ' also directed public attention Sahara-wards.

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