Chapter IV: Part II: Broader Views of the Continent

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XLVII. VIEWS OF WESTERN AFRICA 277

XLVIII. UPPER GUINEA 283

XLIX. LOWER GUINEA 298

L. THE CLIMATE OF AFRICA 306

LI. THE VEGETATION OF AFRICA 311

LII. VARIETIES OF VEGETATION 317

LIII. VIEWS OF ANIMAL LIFE 322

LIV. THE ANTELOPE FAMILY 327

LV. SOME OF THE RUMINANTS 331

LVI. VIEWS OF ELEPHANTS 336

LVII. VIEWS OF THE HIPPOPOTAMUS 340

LVIII. VIEWS OF THE RHINOCEROS 346

LIX. LION HUNTING 351

LX. INCIDENTAL VIEWS OF ANIMAL LIFE 357

LXI. BIRD LIFE IN AFRICA 360

LXII. THE OSTRICH IN A WILD STATE 366

LXIII. OSTRICH FARMING AT CAPE COLONY 376

LXIV. VIEWS OF AN OSTRICH FARM 383

LXV. VIEWS IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA 388

LXVI. CROCODILES 393

LXVII. ANTS OF AFRICA 397

LXVIII. THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA 402

LXIX. PEN PORTRAITS 413

LXX. VIEWS FROM LIVINGSTONE 418

LXXI. VIEWS FROM ANDERSSON 424

LXXII. NEW VIEWS OF NATIVES 427

LXXIII. MORE VIEWS FROM LIVINGSTONE 437

LXXIV. CURIOUS MODES 443

LXXV. THE EMPIRE OF MOROCCO 451

LXXVI. INTO ALGERIA 470

LXXVII. THE STATE OF TUNIS 484

LXXVIII. THE PROVINCE OF TRIPOLI 488

LXXIX. FEZZAN 496

LXXX. THE PORT OF EGYPT 500

LXXXI. THE NILE DELTA AND THE SUEZ CANAL 506

LXXXII. CAIRO, THE GREATEST CITY IN AFRICA 516

LXXXIII. EDUCATION IN CAIRO 522

LXXXIV. GIZEH AND ITS PYRAMIDS 531

LXXXV. HELIOPOLIS, THEBES, AND KARNAC 539

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PART I.

ENCAMPMENT OF BEDOUIN ARABS 12

OASIS IN THE SAHARA 25

GATHERING DATES 33

PAPYRUS ON THE NILE 41

"SMOKE-RESOUNDING" FALLS OF THE ZAMBESI 67

A SCENE IN THE DRACHENBERG MOUNTAINS 88

VICTORIA NYANZA 135

CROCODILES ON THE BANKS OF THE NILE 152

CROSSING THE DESERT 160

INTERIOR OF A DIAMOND MINE 173

WASHING SAND FOR DIAMONDS 178

CAPE TOWN AND TABLE BAY 184

ZULUS (NATIVES OF SOUTH AFRICA) 271

PART II.

NATIVES OF SENEGAMBIA 279

GUINEA COAST NATIVE 281

SIERRA LEONE 284

A NATIVE OF THE GABOON RIVER 299

RHINOCEROS CHARGING THE HUNTERS 350

OSTRICHES 370

DR. LIVINGSTONE NEAR THE CLOSE OF HIS LAST JOURNEY 446

STANLEY ON THE MARCH 448

PYRAMID AND SPHINX 450

TANGIER 456

A WATER CARRIER AT FEZ 462

DINNER TIME IN MOROCCO 466

STREET IN ALGIERS 479

SUEZ CANAL 508

A STREET SCENE IN CAIRO 520

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