Africa . have been taken by the Cape parliamentfor bringing the whole of this region under British rule. Namaqualand, in which dwells the most characteristictype of the aboriginal Hottentot race, is a dreary region,with a scanty and stunted vegetation of the delicate Bush-man grass, prickly shrubs with viscous leaves, the fleshyspeck-boom (JPortulacaria akra), the pale green kanobos(Lasoxylon salsosa), the evergreen thorny mimosa, and wildwater-melons. The coast is sandy and waterless, deficient in goodharbours, and devoid of permanent rivers, washed by never-ceasing surf, bristling with reefs
Africa . have been taken by the Cape parliamentfor bringing the whole of this region under British rule. Namaqualand, in which dwells the most characteristictype of the aboriginal Hottentot race, is a dreary region,with a scanty and stunted vegetation of the delicate Bush-man grass, prickly shrubs with viscous leaves, the fleshyspeck-boom (JPortulacaria akra), the pale green kanobos(Lasoxylon salsosa), the evergreen thorny mimosa, and wildwater-melons. The coast is sandy and waterless, deficient in goodharbours, and devoid of permanent rivers, washed by never-ceasing surf, bristling with reefs, and overhung by a per-petual haze, but improves towards the interior, wheredwell the nomad and warlike Namaqua, breeders of thesmallest known bovine species. Copper is procured at^thesource of the river Oop or Aub, or Great Fish, the greatdrain of the country towards the Orange; ivory, ostrichfeathers, and cattle, are rather abundant; and on somesmall islands along the coast there were large deposits of. Hi,! i- s ; w i
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