Volume 11 / Book 7 — CONTENTS.
Reading edition
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