The international geography . 944 The International Geography are constructed of lighter material, but are replete with all the comfortwhich a thorough study of the climate can suggest. Foremost, with regard to its appearance as in all other re-spects, stands Dar-es-Salaam, which is pro-bably the best harbour on the whole eastcoast of Africa, On entering the bay the eyeis at once struck with the air of tidiness whichpervades the place. All round the bay runsa broad street flanked on one side by hand-some public buildings, all*fronting the Governors sumptuous residence standsin the mi
The international geography . 944 The International Geography are constructed of lighter material, but are replete with all the comfortwhich a thorough study of the climate can suggest. Foremost, with regard to its appearance as in all other re-spects, stands Dar-es-Salaam, which is pro-bably the best harbour on the whole eastcoast of Africa, On entering the bay the eyeis at once struck with the air of tidiness whichpervades the place. All round the bay runsa broad street flanked on one side by hand-some public buildings, all*fronting the Governors sumptuous residence standsin the midst of large gardens where manyplants are reared on trial. A number of deepwells supply the town with good water fordrinking, and since they have been dug a neighbouring swamp has beendrained, so that it has become not only a handsome but also a healthytropical Fig. 451.—Dar-es-Salaam. F. Bauraann. P. Fiilleborn. STANDARD BOOKS. Mit Emin Pascha im Herz von Afrika. Berlin, 1894. Usambara. Berlin, 1891. Durch Massailand. Berlin, 1894. Deutsch Ost Africa. Leipzig, i8q2. Das Deutsche Njassa- und Ruwuma-Gebiet. Berlin, 1906. III.—PORTUGUESE EAST AERICA By Captain Ernesto de Vasconcellos,* Portuguese Royal Navy. Position and Extent.—The Portuguese possessions in East Africa,formerly known in their entirety as Mozambique (or Mozambique), stretchalong the coast from the Rovuma, io|° S., to a short distance south ofDelagoa Bay, almost in 27° S., with a coast-line of 1,400 miles. In thenorth the coast is much indented with many islands lying off it, and inthe south it is low, beset with sandbanks and bordered by many sand-hillsand lagoons. The most inland point in the Possession is Zumbo on theZambezi, 450 miles from the sea, and Mozambique includes the easternshores of Lake Shirwa and Lake Nyasa. Surface.—The Zambe
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