Africa . ,decayed forts, rusty cannon, small proportion of Europeans,and large of half-castes, Banyans, Mussulmans, Brahmins,Tongas, slaves and freed-men, sand-dunes, narrow streets,flat-roofed houses, coco-nut trees, and stench, enclosed bya wall about six feet high, recently erected and protectedby bastions at intervals, mounting heavy guns, andshowing a rifle-tower or man-house on each; only a poorbut yet sufficient protection against the savages it is very unhealthy, the position of Delagoa Bayand the advantages of its spacious harbour as the naturaloutlet of the Transvaal re
Africa . ,decayed forts, rusty cannon, small proportion of Europeans,and large of half-castes, Banyans, Mussulmans, Brahmins,Tongas, slaves and freed-men, sand-dunes, narrow streets,flat-roofed houses, coco-nut trees, and stench, enclosed bya wall about six feet high, recently erected and protectedby bastions at intervals, mounting heavy guns, andshowing a rifle-tower or man-house on each; only a poorbut yet sufficient protection against the savages it is very unhealthy, the position of Delagoa Bayand the advantages of its spacious harbour as the naturaloutlet of the Transvaal region, give it great a Hne of railway is projected to unite it with theTransvaal gold-fields at Lydenburg. For some years thepossession of half of the bay was in dispute betweenEngland and Portugal, and in 1875 the question wassubmitted to the arbitration of the President of the FrenchRepublic. It was decided, in favour of Portugal, that the 1 St. Vincent Erskine, B. G. S. Journal. BETWEEN THE ZAMBESI AND OKANGE RIVERS. 449 soutliern limit of their territory is the line of 26° 30 , and that it extends inland about twenty-five miles tothe Lobombo range of liills. 7. Between the Zambesi and the Orange River. The country between the Zambesi and the Orangeriver may be divided iato four longitudinal sections, eachcharacterised by a special physical conformation, climate,and indigenous population. The eastern division, whichwe have already surveyed, is mostly mountainous, andinhabited by Kafir tribes engaged in agricultural andpastoral pursuits. The next section can scarcely becalled hilly, consisting mainly of the broad gently undu-lating plains of the plateau, generally about 3000 feetabove sea-level, and peopled by the Bechuanas. Thethird division is still more level than the adjoining one,becoming somewhat more hilly as it approaches thewestern seaboard. Here is situated the vast and tliinly-peopled plain known as the Great Kalahari desert. Thefour
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