Africa . luding as much of the countryinland as has been hitherto explored, will complete ourgeneral survey of the whole African Continent. A great part of this coast, the portion extending from5° 12 to 18° 30 south latitude, is claimed by thePortuguese, whom we also met as the rulers of a widedomain on the eastern seaboard. But though their ruleis by no means restricted to the coast-line, as is, for in-stance, that of the Sultan of Zanzibar, yet on no side ofthe continent have explorers succeeded in penetrating solittle into the interior as from this very west coast. 2. The Portuguese Possess
Africa . luding as much of the countryinland as has been hitherto explored, will complete ourgeneral survey of the whole African Continent. A great part of this coast, the portion extending from5° 12 to 18° 30 south latitude, is claimed by thePortuguese, whom we also met as the rulers of a widedomain on the eastern seaboard. But though their ruleis by no means restricted to the coast-line, as is, for in-stance, that of the Sultan of Zanzibar, yet on no side ofthe continent have explorers succeeded in penetrating solittle into the interior as from this very west coast. 2. The Portuguese Possessions on the West Coast. The Portuguese hold and occupy Mossamades, Ben-guela, and Angola, territories which extend northwardfrom Cape Frio as far as Ambriz, in 8° S. The territorynorthward of this point across the mouth of the Zaire orCongo, as far as the stream of the Cacongo in 5° 12 S., isalso claimed by the Portuguese, though they have nosettlement in it, and never have occupied it; their title to.
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