lant-Barrow; Caffres; Bosjesmans--Trutter and sommerville-Dr.

Cowan and his Party-Their

Assassination-Lichtenstein-Campbell's

(the Missionary) First and Second Journeys-Burchell—Thompson-

Invasion of the Mantatees-Zoolas.....

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CHAPTER XVI.

SOCIAL CONDITION OF AFRICA.

Distinction between Native and Foreign Tribes-Natives-Agriculture

-Manufactures - Trade - Domestic Accommodations - Intellectual

Character-Superstitions-War and Slavery-Some amiable Fea-

tures-Forms of Government-Foreign Races-Mohammedan Con-

verts-European Colonization-Cape of Good Hope-Albany District

.. Sierra Leone ......

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CHAPTER XVII.

GEOLOGY OF AFRICA.

Form and Situation of Africa-Its great Natural Regions or Divisions.-

1. Geology of the Atlas or Northern Region-Age of the Atlas Moun-

tains.—2. Geology of the Sahara Region-Subterranean Villages near

Tripoli; in Spain and France-Tertiary Rocks of Benioleed-Soudan

or Black Mountains-Petrified Wood in the Desert-Horrid Conse-

quences of the Slave-trade-Human Skeletons in the Desert-Natron

and Salt Lakes-Desert of Bilma-Sultan of Fezzan and a Slave-On

what Formation does the Sand of the Desert rest?- Description of a

Trona or Natron Lake Fulgurite and native Meteoric Iron in the

Desert-Observations on the Sand of the Desert-Moving Pillars of

Sand-Sand-wind-How the prevailing Winds affect the sand of the

Desert-What is the Geognostical Age of the Sahara ?3. Geology

of the Region to the South of the Sahara, and to the North of the

Great Table-land-African Gold.-4. Geology of the Great Table-land

of Africa-Geology of the Coast from Sierra Leone to Cape Negro

Cape of Good Hope District-Distribution of its Chains of Mountains,

Plains and Valleys, or Kloofs-Descriptiou of the Karroo Plains-