A Scientific Problem of Australia to Solve Sydney, Apr, 11.
An attempt to solve the secret of Lake Eyre, called the Mystery Lake," in the interior of Australia, will be made soon by a scientific expedition. The lake is 400 miles from the- nearest settlement.
Seven rivers from the hills miles away penetrate Australia's great interior desert and tumble their contents into the lake. In the rainy season these rivers become enormous flooded areas covering miles. Without any apparent outlet, Lake Eyre, an inland sea as the result of the flooded rivers, contracts and becomes a lake again in a surprisingly short time. The water simply vanishes, puzzled scientists say. It has been suggested that a subterranean river may exist.
Mr. G. Halligan of Sydney, one of the party that will investigate the "Mystery Lake," deprecated the suggestion that the mystery may be the result of especially rapid evaporation, and said the evaporation of such a large amount of water would he impossible. Reuter.
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