CENTRAL ARABIA.
Barclay Ratmkiaer, a yo.ung Danish oxI lorer, recently returned to Copenhagen from an expedition to Central Arabia, organised and paid for by the Daiiieh Royal Geographical Society. Ratmkiaer explored and charted laige unknown districts in Central Arabia where no European had ever before travelled. lie has been invite-! to lecture before the Royal Geographical Society in London on the expedition, anl he will write a report on it, for tho organ of the foc.k'ty. The explorer encountered many difficulties, a.nd the. natives often suspected him. In Koweit he was stopped for a month, and it was only by the help of the British authorities thai he was permitted to proceed. In Bese.oa the Emir imprisoned him for five days, and the only food he got was a few dates. When the Emir released him he took bitfield glasses and revolver as a gift from his guest- for his hospitality. Baunk.-arr recoivod much assistance from the British and Turkish authorities, who gave him letters of introduction to eome of the tribal chieftains.
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Evening Star, Issue 14932, 19 July 1912, Page 1
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173CENTRAL ARABIA. Evening Star, Issue 14932, 19 July 1912, Page 1
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