Africa . hills. Now, however, Barth entered a mountainous conn- HOMBOEI MOUNTAINS. 171 try full of romantic beauty. This was the Hombori range,where the rocks seen from a distance resembled hands andfingers pointing upwards. The nearer he approached the. more fantastic became the shape of the hills, the cliffslooking like square pillars with perpendicular walls, boldand rugged, and springing from cone-shaped rocks, so thatevery hill resembled a ruined castle resting on a sugar- 172 COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL. loaf elevation. These hills, however, did not attain aheight of more than 787

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Africa . hills. Now, however, Barth entered a mountainous conn- HOMBOEI MOUNTAINS. 171 try full of romantic beauty. This was the Hombori range,where the rocks seen from a distance resembled hands andfingers pointing upwards. The nearer he approached the. more fantastic became the shape of the hills, the cliffslooking like square pillars with perpendicular walls, boldand rugged, and springing from cone-shaped rocks, so thatevery hill resembled a ruined castle resting on a sugar- 172 COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL. loaf elevation. These hills, however, did not attain aheight of more than 787 feet above the plain, and Barthestimates their absolute elevation at 1500 feet above thesea-level. On leaving this picturesque hilly country he againfound himself in an independent district, inhabited by theIregenaten Tuaregs, but soon entered the Fulah territory &^^^r

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