A large insular continent lying south of Europe, from which it is separated by the Mediterranean. Area, 11,512,480 square miles; extreme length, 4,330 miles; extreme breadth, 4,000 miles; coast line, only about 16,000 miles, there being few indentations, and a lack of good harbors.

PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES.

Name. Area,
Sq. Mls. 		Population. Capitals. Pop.
Abyssinia 200,000 3,000,000 Gondar 7,000
Algeria 161,476 3,310,412 Algiers 70,747
Cape Colony 229,815 1,027,168 Cape Town 33,239
Congo Free State 1,056,200 27,000,000
Egypt 394,240 6,806,381 Cairo 368,108
Liberia 14,300 1,068,000 Monrovia 3,000
Madagascar 228,500 3,500,000 Tananarivo 100,000
Morocco 219,000 5,000,000 Marocco 50,000
Mozambique 38,000 ? 300,000 Mozambique ? 35,000
Natal 21,150 416,219 Pietermaritzburg 14,231
Nubia ? 35,000 ? 400,000 Dongola
Orange River Free State 70,000 133,518 Bloemfontein 2,567
Transvaal 114,360 750,000 Pretoria 4,440
Tunis 42,000 2,100,000 Tunis 120,000
Zanzibar 625 300,000 Zanzibar 90,000

LENGTHS OF RIVERS.

Miles. Miles.
Congo 2,400 Orange 1,600
Niger 2,900 Senegal 1,000
Nile 5,100 Zambesi 1,800

LATEST REPORTED EXPORTS.

Cape Colony: Madeira:
Ostrich Feathers $4,656,900 Wine $525,740
Angora Hair 1,359,020 Sugar 165,800
Diamonds 13,712,350 Bananas 9,680
Copper 2,270,565 Pineapples 2,110
Marocco: Sierra Leone:
Almonds $394,000 Cola Nuts 819,175 lbs.
Cattle 393,880 Gum Copal 452,196 "
Dates 27,480 Palm Oil 250,730 gals.
Eggs 156,210 Palm Kernels 21,624,681 lbs.
Gums 244,885 Ginger 1,277,635 "
Shoes 527,420 Rubber 1,084,219 "
Liberia: Egypt:
Ivory 1,116 lbs. Cotton $37,328,905
Coffee 250,136 " Rice 606,785
Rubber 133,119 " Sugar 1,971,590
Palm Oil 1,100,222 gals. Cottonseed 8,482,670