. A complete geography . Fig. of Notre Dame iu Algiers. 516 AFRICA sucli a condition of education indicate in regard to progress ? If this isthe case on the coast, almost within the shadow of Europe, what must bethe condition farther inland ? The capitals are the principal cities among the Barbary , one of the capitals of Morocco, is in the interior ; but theSultan and his court do not reside there all the year. Name theother capital. Tangier, on the coast, is better known. Why shouldit be ? In Algeria the seaport Algiers is the capital and largest. Fig. Zulu woman
. A complete geography . Fig. of Notre Dame iu Algiers. 516 AFRICA sucli a condition of education indicate in regard to progress ? If this isthe case on the coast, almost within the shadow of Europe, what must bethe condition farther inland ? The capitals are the principal cities among the Barbary , one of the capitals of Morocco, is in the interior ; but theSultan and his court do not reside there all the year. Name theother capital. Tangier, on the coast, is better known. Why shouldit be ? In Algeria the seaport Algiers is the capital and largest. Fig. Zulu woman making a straw mat. city. It is an interesting place, combining many features of ancientand modern times. Under the French it has become an importanttrading centre. The same is true of Tunis, the capital of thecountry by that name. Locate the capital of Tripoli. Southern Africa Comparison with Northern Africa. — In some important respectsthere is a resemblance between northern and southern Africa,although they lie in different hemispheres. What similarities arethere in climate (p. 503) and physiography (p. 501) ? There is aresemblance, too, in the fact that both sections have long beensettled by white men. What difference is there in the length ofoccupation by white men ? SOUTHERN AFRICA 517 The People. — It is to the Dutch that we owe the first importantdevelopment of South Africa. Settling at Cape Town, and thenspreading over the neighboring region, they took possession of thecountry occupied by the negroes and introduced the Europeanindustries of farming a
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