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THE MAGIC CARPET-3 BY THOMAS H. WISDOM

ORTIFIED by our en- forced rest at Bengas! we planned a day and night

run across the desert to Alexandria-the reason WLS twä-fold; we wanted to escape from Italian territory without delny, and desert motoring, if one can find the way, s'anore pleasant when the sun is not. scorching into your very brain.

The British Consul was sorry to see us go--he had not spoken a word in English for seven weeks until, we arrived. 11 inst visitor had been Tommy Rose, held up by the Italus on his, record · Cape

ht. Like many another exile, he sighed for the green fields and real trees of England

The üblich, the North Afriran miss tral which blows hot and inter you and rents Arabs mand, so that they suddenly attack their Italian mastera, won afil with un But the tempera- ture was only 10 de-comparatively cool,

Hot ull the desert in flat-we had a couple of mountain pises to surmours! before we reached Derna, fortific town where ne credentials were ex- amituri carefully. Eventually, with a fat and garlic-brented carabinleri is

lito passer to the nirendy overloaded car, we gingeest through Rig gates which gilarded the strongholdi.

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VERYWHERE we SALW soldiers, lorries. BUT. frantle work on roads. From the obvious military prep- aration it is apparent that the Italana are as frightened of the

says Mr.

Peppercorn:

THERE'S some-

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thing vory funny about figures sometimes, other found the

night when George Davis told us to write down 12345 079

Jim Prall printed out to George that he'd forgotten the 8, but George said that was part of the mystery.

Then he told us to multiply the 12345879 by any single ngure we liked, and afterwards to multi- ply the total by D and nes what we Fot.

One or two slackers said they'd got something better to do than work out Bumi to amaze young George, but the rest of us tried it out, and, barring a few mistakes in that hnd to be multiplying .corrected, te got some curious

prati

30 m.p.h. LIMIT

100 miles from a

Building

Egyptians as the Egyptians are of the Italians. But our guide hur. ried us on, though he lost us couple of time.

After 200 miles, including by- parang the hush-hush" town-of Tobruk, and a couple of hearty

anns on the head when our guide lost his landhold over "rond " that was worse than the rest. If that were possible, we arrived at the barbed wire wall that guarded entry to Euypt.

sriund

Machine-gun. anted In cart. barbed stared fron

this wire betiary, a prima sectie that, un- folded na dawn broke. We really were going to cross “nu man's land" thin time. A careful examination of our papers once more, the gift of a Chianti. battle of petrol from a friendly Italian ollect, for we were desperately short of Tuel, a barbed wire gate was all-back. and we enld "Orozi" for the inst time.

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UT a few days before, the barbed-wire fence had of a been the scene "flare-up." An Italian sergeant and four men, with surveying gear. were found by Egyplinun on the wrong side, and were clapped into jail, Fol- lowing day British officers, invited to ems the frontier for cup of coffer with their friends the might be enemy, as had been customary, found themselves also in the local lock-up.** How they finally solved the impasse I knew not.

Ten miles of desert in o blinding sandstorm that was to be with us all day, and we reached the tiny seaport of Bollum, first place in Egypt. Per- mission for us, lo traverse the pro- hibited military zane was awaiting us. The Egyptian military and police were charming. the Sitell representative-

this in he

lived Fina

20 years

Annd-swept dump-made us tea, and of wo .net for Mersa Matruh. That day was like the others-160 mirs in blazing heat and flying sand, · over a track tint does not even deserve that description. It was just hard going-sometimes we were gind to see 20 milles covered in an hour. In A de-restricted" zone with the nearest "built up aren 100 miles away, the rond itself dretded that 25 and not even 30 mp.h. was the speed-limit

Of what we saw at Mersa Matruh we must not speak, but I bet the Italiana would be surprised. Anyhow, an army canteen provided us with the most welcome men of the trip-bacon and eggs and Loat

FT we went again-190 miles to Alexandria. Fly- ing sand had turned to flying silica dust, a fine dust like brown face-powder that renders n petrol engine a ense for a complete overhaul after 2,000 (yes-two thousand) milca.

Mor bad going-just bumpy, desc- Inte dener. Once we ran into an Arab

(above) The road boside the Nile loft) The danger is not jay-walkers but réckless camels.

e ne amp- ment hear the new rathway Bne to Moron

Matruh, and 1 spent hair an

hour In Lent with Arabs, equating on the ground, drawing maps in the dust. Alter much algu-language and n drink of the ceremonial tea tovll- amelling, evil-tonting stuff) we hit the right track.

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O, finally, that night tho we escaped from desert and reached our first goal, Alexandria. We had crossed the Libyan desert-the first time that 1,000-mile Journey had been made since October, in the teeth of a continuous sandstorm. Moreover, despite that enforced delay in Italian territory, wo And beaten the fastest boat from We London to the Egyptian port, reached Alexandria 11 days 23 hours The car was after leaving London.

bumps, behaving splendidly-sand. hont and a heavy load left it un affected.

A day's rest for the crew, and then we sped down the earth-road beside the Nile (which, like the "Blue" Danube, is any colour but blue) to

Cairo. They bind the surface of these earth-roads by pouring water on them that is why skids. In 'n country where it never (or nearly never) rains, are a frequent cause ot enta diving into canal or river. Busy with arrangements for the next part of the journey. I set a record na being the first English tourist to ace Brian Catro and not the Pyramids. Lewis and Mrs. Wisdom were dis appointed-Pyramids and the Sphinx are in a suburb like Golders Green, and trams run to the very bang of these famous tombs, Tram tickets are Ittered everywhere, and Amba sell ice-cream!

All Cairo was busy with the search for the German Minister, lost in the denert. He had set out in his car to an oasis, was caught in the khamseen (only another name for the giblich) and all trace of him was lost. Camel Corps, R.A.F. machines, dozens of cars were searching for him. He was not to be found. for fre-days-reduced then to practically the last drop of water from the radiator of his car.

We left the following morning for the crossing of the Suez Canal and our second desert, the North Binal desert, to Jerusalem.

68 DUELS: NEVER HIT

Budapest, June 1. William Clair, author of the code which is the manual of all Hungarian duellists, is seventy-eight.

He has fought sixty-eight duels, but was never once halt-Reuter.

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Nasal Catarrh

RHINITIS or asal catarrh, is

an inflammation of the lining membrane of the nose. Usual

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reason why the infection frst symptom is a dryness of spreads so easily is due to the the back of the throat combined formation of the nose; the lining with (4 severe headache in some ly this is regarded as of little membrane is continuous with other cases. It is usually the result of ex- importance and nothing is done important structures in the nose, posure to cold and wet so that the about it, though it should be mouth and throat, at for this body becomes chilled and the germs, treated as soon as possible. reason the deeper portions soon be- which are always lurking about its

come affected in severe naani catarrh.' grow active and set up The "running nose" which As the inflammation spreads a cough process. is part of a severe cold in the develops, which

first 10 Sneezing is followed by n watery thead may-also-be- the-fore rritating sensation' at the back of ischarge from the none which later 1-10-A-woman knews_alt_about this.

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more the throat by degrees the cough becomes thick and heavy; there may serious. The infection

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sensation of fullness and pain about fear. When the catarrh travels

Sometimes there is dizziness, the nose and forehead. Often the down the throat it infects the windpipe and the bronchial neuralgia and headache. The eyes fuce is flushed and the eyes watery become involved; they feel and the discomfort may last for tubes; this, in turn, may lead may to involvement of the lung with heavy and black spots float before several days or hi may run into weeks. 22 Discct, bronchitis or even pneumonia.

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ITALIAN. BOOK BANNED IN SWITZERLAND

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COLD can usually be checked if prompt attention is given at the onset.

Inhaling oil. of eucalyptus, plugging the nostrils well with vase- Berne, June 3.

line at night, staying in bed for s The Swiss Federal authorities have day with plenty of hot drinks and forbidden the introduction into the numerous blankets will abort even a country of an Italian booklet, "Swins

severe cold. Itnly," which consists of propaganda.

Tablets which lower the body tem for extending Italian rule

including rature should not be taken in the neighbouring

day time when it is impossible to Malta.

remain in bed, as they reduce the The book claims, according to the bodily resistance and by causing pers. None Zurcher Zeitung, that "taly piration may further weaken the al- has the right to make the Maltese, ready burdened heart. Their effect well the Corsicans, the people of Nice, the is best when the pullent is Italian Swiss and the Dalmatians wrapped up in bed, and when' free aware that they are Italians.Reu- perspiration can be promoted by hot

soup, hot lenion drinks or milk."

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fulletion in tropical seas.

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18 A Roman manare.

19 Give red confused, and not come

together.

21 The dog that may mark the

kpot.

23 Provision for a rainy day! 20 A monkey wrench should deni

with this, surely.

28 The reason for many people

wanting to fly. 20 This is bound to be carried-awas

in late summer. 33 Complete.

25 A bane receptacle is part of

this mo

36 A badge of mercy (two words). 37 By at alth

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2 The thankless one is turned to

Hione.

3 The abstinence of gnats if pro-

perly ordered.

4 Irritate

5 To aim at higher things is a

high thing.

6 Allowance.

7 Not very, plensed, I consider,

10 Fastener and writer combine

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13 This is assceinted with duty.

14 A broken ruler.

15 Na loyal ally, he.

16 Stim.

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20 Feminine name.

24 A Turk.

25 A land full of sailors?

27 Make thus an island of France. creature comes from the This

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shore.

31 Substance made from a fsh

32 This paper tends to smooth

things over.

34 The prudent never take it.

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