Show exploration OF LAKE CHAD valuable discoveries made by two venturesome two french brench officers ankers ca capt P t Tr and naval R ensign liluard LH have cam completed an exhaustive exploration of ex lake chad arid its mercus numerous nu islands hitherto very imperfectly known according to these two explorers the lake Is miles in length by 89 miles in width curious enough it is on the whole extremely shallow the deepest par part t of the it western estern side where the water Is 13 25 feet in depth while on the eastern shore share it is only 6 feet in depth the take lake is interspersed with eighty islands divided into three groups the first void of vegetation the second covered only with grass and herbs but used by the natives for pasturing cattle and the third inhabited islands which are thickly and acdwell well forested and contain extensive millet plantations Alto altogether goth peonie dwell on these islands one of tho the most mast notable achievements of this expedition was the discovery of a hitherto unknown wn tree the wood of which I 1 is s lighter I 1 than cork I 1 |