. Explorations and adventures in the wilds of Africa; . f the general appear-ance of the country and of the geological formations, and we emerge fromthis same Dark Continent feeling that we have been in a world of one part of his expedition Baker came upon a very singular was a formation very unusual, called by the natives table rock. Itwill be seen from the accompanying illustration that the projection of thetable over the pedestal on which it stands is so great that cattle may findshelter under it. The rock forms a natural protection to man and beastThis rock was considere
. Explorations and adventures in the wilds of Africa; . f the general appear-ance of the country and of the geological formations, and we emerge fromthis same Dark Continent feeling that we have been in a world of one part of his expedition Baker came upon a very singular was a formation very unusual, called by the natives table rock. Itwill be seen from the accompanying illustration that the projection of thetable over the pedestal on which it stands is so great that cattle may findshelter under it. The rock forms a natural protection to man and beastThis rock was considered so singular that an engraving of it has beer,made, and we here reproduce it. It is only one of many marvellousgeological formations belonging to Africa. An Old Superstition, This rock must have chanced to fall upon a mass of extremely hare cla/. The wearing away of the sloping surface, caused by the heavy rains of many centuries, must be equal to the present height of the clay pedestal, as all the exterior has been washed away, and the level reduced. > H M ao p4 H-1PQ<JH CO P O M (4P a 119 120 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. The clay pedestal is the original earth, which, having been protectedfrom the weather by the stone roof, remains intact. The Baris, says Baker, seemed to have some reverence for this stone jand we were told that it was dangerous to sleep beneath it, as many peo-ple who had tried the experiment had died. I believe this superstition issimply the result of some old legends concerning the death of a personwho may have been killed in his sleep by a stone that probably detachedand fell from the under surface of the slab. I examined the rock care*fully, and found many pieces that gave warning of scaling off. Severallarge flakes, each weighing some hundred-weight, lay beneath the tablerock, upon the under surface of which could be distinctly traced themould of the slab beneath. On the March. At length Baker arrived at Fatiko, where his old enemy, Abou Saood,again e
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