The Tanganyika problem; an account of the researches undertaken concerning the existence of marine animals in Central Africa . * < hi z < s. -O w < ^ !* 0 z E CO w < < 1-1 fa. c w = E h h 0< e* o < z w z w EC § h c -£ h fa. < h CO CO f-H W <; £ j fa, 0 J z z i-l -J i-5 ^ < < 0 W V sc z h 04 c £ w > THE TANGANYIKA PROBLEM. 57 supposed, and in the neighbourhood of the central rangeit in general possesses none of those characters which haveso often been spoken of as showing that Central Africa is,geologically speaking, without a history. Granting thatportions o
The Tanganyika problem; an account of the researches undertaken concerning the existence of marine animals in Central Africa . * < hi z < s. -O w < ^ !* 0 z E CO w < < 1-1 fa. c w = E h h 0< e* o < z w z w EC § h c -£ h fa. < h CO CO f-H W <; £ j fa, 0 J z z i-l -J i-5 ^ < < 0 W V sc z h 04 c £ w > THE TANGANYIKA PROBLEM. 57 supposed, and in the neighbourhood of the central rangeit in general possesses none of those characters which haveso often been spoken of as showing that Central Africa is,geologically speaking, without a history. Granting thatportions of the continent to the north and east may be theremains of a possibly paleozoic land-mass, even these ancientterrestrial areas are by no means without interest in aGeological sense. Consider for a moment the characters ofthe Shiri highland district. It is in reality a tongue ofthe mountainous interior which stretches from the east ofthe Shiri river into the vast Zambesi swamps. Onceover the steep forest-clad hills which bound the region tothe south, we are in a hilly upland country, which in the
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