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Title: The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: University Society, New York
Subjects: Children's literature Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries Literature Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York. : University Society
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University-Idaho

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rior is a sandy waste, wherescorching days are followed by chilly nights. Thecoast, too, has an unhealthy climate. Over thirtydifferent tribes, some of them cannibals, peoplethis great territory, where Arab influences stillhave most of their old sway. Bagamoyo, opposite Zanzibar, has been forages one of the starting points of caravans for•the interior. It has a picturesque bazaar, manyimposing religious buildings, and a busy trade.One of the commercial centers of the interior isTabora, which commands routes from Ujiji andother places; and there is Ujiji itself, the greatArab center for traffic in slaves and ivory, lyingin a low, swampy, and unhealthy district. Portuguese East Africa extends from Tonga-land to Cape Delgado, and the surface of theland somewhat resembles that of Natal. In thehands of the British it would be turned to valua-ble account, but the Portuguese are not good colo-nists; the few officials are content to collect thetaxes, while the government, especially that of
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< cs X DX atuz a:< 307 308 PEEPS INTO AFRICAN COUNTRIES the interior, is practically in the hands of localchiefs, mostly half-breeds, who call themselvescaptains-major. The surface of the land somewhat resemblesthat of Natal; there is the level coast-plain, grad-ually widening as it extends northward, full offever-breeding swamps; behind and above arethe ever-rising slopes, covered with scrub andrough pasture, and in the more fertile parts withcrops of rice, cotton, coffee, rubber, tobacco, andindigo, varied by forests of good timber. Herethe climate is more wholesome, and quite suitablefor Europeans. Beira and Lourenqo Marques, the two chiefports of Portuguese East Africa, owe their im-portance more to the demands of British than ofPortuguese settlers. Beira is the outlet for thegold of Mashonaland and the terminus of theAfrican Trans-Continental Telegraph. LourenqoMarques, an unhealthy port, built on an excellentharbor, is the nearest seaport to Johannesburgand Pretoria, and i

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