AFRICA.

Africa is the hottest country in the world, because it lies in that part of the world where the burning sun shines straight down upon it. The beautiful snow, which falls about us every winter, is unknown there, except on the highest mountain peaks. There lies across that country a belt of great forest trees, forming a jungle so dark and dense that no 43man has yet been able to pass through it. Only wild beasts hide there to get away from the heat of the sun. But north and south of this great forest are beautiful woods and palm trees and wild flowers. In such places the natives live in rude huts, and sometimes huddle together in villages. Their food is mostly bananas, dates, African maize, goat’s milk, roots, and barks.

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