The African sketch-book . re-cognised at once by Captain Burton as being writtenin the Moghreb (or western) dialect. This alone wouldsuffice to prove that the Soudan had been convertedfrom Barbary, not from Egypt, and historical docu-ments 2 exist, which though scanty and imperfect, enableus to trace the origin and nature of the movement. When the Romans conquered Carthage they wereassisted by the native chiefs ; and at first it appearedas if Africa would become a civilised province in thefashion of Spain and Gaul. Berber regiments servedin the army ; Berber princes were educated at Rome, 1 A
The African sketch-book . re-cognised at once by Captain Burton as being writtenin the Moghreb (or western) dialect. This alone wouldsuffice to prove that the Soudan had been convertedfrom Barbary, not from Egypt, and historical docu-ments 2 exist, which though scanty and imperfect, enableus to trace the origin and nature of the movement. When the Romans conquered Carthage they wereassisted by the native chiefs ; and at first it appearedas if Africa would become a civilised province in thefashion of Spain and Gaul. Berber regiments servedin the army ; Berber princes were educated at Rome, 1 A man might travel across Africa from St. Louis on the Senegal toCairo, or in another direction from Lagos to Tripoli, sleeping in a villageevery night (except in the Sahara), and in every village he would find aschool. This will give the reader some idea of the population and cultureof Soudan - See Notes et Extraits de la Bibliotheque du Roi, torn, xii., the Travels of Ibn Batuta, and Leo Africanus. THE RELIGIONS OF AFRICA. 10 Moslem Pagan. Christian C-ape Ten 40 O 20 40 Stanfflrds Geoff Cress. London.; Smith. Eltloi- .<• ( Book III] MOSLEM AFRICA 313 and soon became distinguished as historians and phi-losophers. But the desert was impregnable, and con-tinually poured fresh hordes upon the Tell, or cultivatedland. In Algeria the Romans were strongly established,and the ruins of their outposts are yet to be seen faraway But in Morocco they were settled onlyon the Algeria was wisely and temperatelygoverned under the Republic ; and Cicero describes itas a peaceful province ; but when the bad days of theEmpire came, it was degraded to a corn-field, and wasforced to feed, at its own expense, the Roman governors became satraps, the great landownerswere accused of conspiracy, that their estates mightescheat to the Crown, and the people were made agri-cultural serfs. Moreover, the wild region between theTell and the Sahara c
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