Chapter III: Part I: Glimpses of the Dark Continent

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I. A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW 13

II. SOME PHYSICAL FEATURES 16

III. THE OASES OF THE DESERT 24

IV. MORE PHYSICAL FEATURES 30

V. FEATURES, ANCIENT AND MODERN 36

VI. THE RIVERS OF AFRICA 43

VII. THE NILE, THE MOST ANCIENT OF RIVERS 49

VIII. THE NIGER, THE RIVER OF THE WEST 59

IX. THE ZAMBESI, THE RIVER OF SOUTHEAST AFRICA 63

X. A VIEW OF VICTORIA FALLS 69

XI. ANOTHER VIEW OF THE ZAMBESI 74

XII. THE DESERTS OF SOUTH AFRICA 79

XIII. GLIMPSES OF RIVERS 86

XIV. THE CONGO RIVER 93

XV. THE PEOPLE OF THE CONGO RIVER BASIN 98

XVI. VIEWS OF THE CONGO BASIN 102

XVII. MORE VIEWS OF THE CONGO REGION 108

XVII. THE CONGO FREE STATE 114

XIX. THE LAKE REGION OF AFRICA 117

XX. "THE LAND OF THE MOON" 121

XXI. VIEWS OF LAKE TANGANYIKA 124

XXII. SOME VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE 128

XXIII. THE MARCH TOWARDS VICTORIA NYANZA 131

XXIV. VIEW OF THE NILE AT LAKE VICTORIA NYANZA 136

XXV. THE APPROACH TO LAKE ALBERT NYANZA 140

XXVI. A VIEW OF LAKE ALBERT NYANZA 146

XXVII. FROM LAKE ALBERT NYANZA TO MURCHISON FALLS 151

XXVIII. MOUNTAINS OF AFRICA 156

XXIX. SOME PECULIAR FEATURES OF AFRICAN SOIL 162

XXX. THE MINERALS OF AFRICA 166

XXXI. THE DIAMOND FIELDS 171

XXXII. GLIMPSES OF SOUTH AFRICA 180

XXXIII. NATIVES OF SOUTH AFRICA 189

XXXIV. A VIEW OF CAPE COLONY 197

XXXV. ANNEXATIONS TO CAPE COLONY 208

XXXVI. ANOTHER VIEW OF CAPE COLONY 210

XXXVII. NATAL 215

XXXVIII. KAFFRARIA, OR KAFFIRLAND 220

XXXIX. KAFFIR TRAITS AND CUSTOMS 225

XL. HOTTENTOT CUSTOMS 230

XLI. ORANGE FREE STATE 237

XLII. THE SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC 243

XLIII. OVER THE DRACHENBERG MOUNTAINS 251

XLIV. VIEWS OF THE BOERS 254

XLV. OTHER SECTIONS OF SOUTH AFRICA 263

XLVI. RETROSPECTIVE VIEWS 269