. arism shocks the bluntest sensi-bilities in civilized lands. A land where even the grave affordsno security from the unnatural gluttony. A people who bar-ter their dead among themselves;M the rivals of the Xiam-]^iam in those orgies and wild dances on which Dr. Schwein-furth has cast such vivid light. Along the same tract, a littleback from the coast, are the Ashira, the Cam ma, and variousother tribes, whose strange customs enrich the volumes of DuChaillu. There, too, is the famous Ashango Land. Brighter spots are seen in the mids
. arism shocks the bluntest sensi-bilities in civilized lands. A land where even the grave affordsno security from the unnatural gluttony. A people who bar-ter their dead among themselves;M the rivals of the Xiam-]^iam in those orgies and wild dances on which Dr. Schwein-furth has cast such vivid light. Along the same tract, a littleback from the coast, are the Ashira, the Cam ma, and variousother tribes, whose strange customs enrich the volumes of DuChaillu. There, too, is the famous Ashango Land. Brighter spots are seen in the midst of the darkness: thelight of Christianity is established at various points along thecoast; and colonization enterprises have taken a hold whichpromise grand results in time. Leaving the western coast, we approach the Cape of GoodHope, about which the contending oceans meet with a ragewhich appalled the stout heart of Diaz; whose peaceful nameis a memento of the bold spirit of the king who could foreseein its discovery the grander attainments of the AMAZON WARRIORS. CAPE COLONY. 37 The Dutch, ever wide awake to the best chances, soon seizedon the Cape and began the settlement which has gradually ex-tended over the Cape country, and made its impression on manyof the tribes of southern Africa, furnishing, besides a foot-hold for the missionary, splendid opportunities to the sports-men, and a starting-point for many of the most important ex-plorations. Associated with this point we find the names ofHope, and Barrow, and Lich ten stein, who shed the earliest lighton the habits and homes of the Hottentots and various Caffretribes. Hither came Campbell, and Trutter, and Somerville,and Moffat, to deeds of love and heroism which have enrichedthe literature of missions. And hither, too, in later days came Livingstone, purposingin his heart to do only as other men had done; chosen of Godto do a peculiar and unrivalled work, and lift the curtain on allthe hidden region. While so
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