. The story of Africa and its explorers. of theSahara* being really that of Algeria—andsoda and some saltpetre generally form part ofthe lading of most passmgthe is notAvealthSaharatraders caravans through country. But itfor theof thethat thetraverse its drearywastes. From timeinnnemorial ithas been the onlyline of travelbetween the richand compara-tively civilisedcountries ofnorthern Africa and theProducts of T, T the Sahara: wealthy ^^^fl^ Soudanroutes. and Ni-ger States to thesouth of it. Inthis region, ivory,ostrich feathers,spices,musk, cotton, palm-oil, gold-dust, kola-nuts, andother art
. The story of Africa and its explorers. of theSahara* being really that of Algeria—andsoda and some saltpetre generally form part ofthe lading of most passmgthe is notAvealthSaharatraders caravans through country. But itfor theof thethat thetraverse its drearywastes. From timeinnnemorial ithas been the onlyline of travelbetween the richand compara-tively civilisedcountries ofnorthern Africa and theProducts of T, T the Sahara: wealthy ^^^fl^ Soudanroutes. and Ni-ger States to thesouth of it. Inthis region, ivory,ostrich feathers,spices,musk, cotton, palm-oil, gold-dust, kola-nuts, andother articles, are trafficked by the negroesand Tibboos for weapons,gunpowder,and othergoods of European countries. We have alsoseen that there is still a considerable slavetrade between Morocco and the Soudan; thenumber of captives carried by the Timbuctoocaravans to Mogador increasing since the otheroutlets for these human wares were closed. * Dumas, -The Horses of the Sahara : translated byJames Hutton (1863) ; Schirmer, ^Le Sahara (1803).. gums,indigo. YOUNG JEWESS{From a Photograph in the The chief trade routes still used in theSahara are those from Morocco to Cairoby Insalah and Ghadames, which is followedby the West African pilgrims bound forMecca ; that is to say, when the devout Mos-lems are not carried to Jeddah by Englishsteamers, which pick them up at their villages,and convey them to and from the latter portat a small sum per head. Then there is the route, less used,from Kukawa toMurzuk and Tri-poli. There is athird line oftravel from Tri-poli to Air andGhat. From Tim-buctoo to Insalah,and thence to Al-geria and Tunis,is another oncewell - frequentedcaravan track ;and lastly, thatfrom Timbuctooto Morocco is usedeven more ex-tensively than informer times. Although theSahara has notbeen minutelyexamined, untilwithin the lasttwenty or thirtyyears it formedthe field of travelto many of the early adventurers whose dis-coveries have formed the subject Explorationof previous ch
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