CONTENTS.
Part I.
GLIMPSES OF THE DARK CONTINENT.
CHAPTER PAGE
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]
Part II.
BROADER VIEWS OF THE CONTINENT.
CHAPTER PAGE
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]