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Show Vast Waste Desert The great Sahara desert covers the major part of northern Africa, consisting consist-ing of 3,500,000 square miles an arid region as large as the whole of Europe. Eu-rope. From 100 feet below sea level ft rises in one Instance to 8,000 feet above, nnd some of Its elevations are covered with snow for three months of the year. Most of It, however, is a dry, sandy waste, (lotted here and there with an oasis where "drink" may be secured. The winds are all very hot and dry, while rain is almost unknown. |