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THE POPULAE EDUCATOR 



advanced in civilisation of the aborigines of Africa, possessing 

 a knowledge of agriculture and the method of irrigation of land 

 from rivers and lakes, and manufacturing cotton cloth and iron 

 implements of various kinds. 



Upper Guinea extends from the northern confines of Liberia to 

 the mouth of the Calabar river ; Lower Guinea from the mouth 

 of the Calabar river to the mouth of the river Nourse. The 

 coast of the Gulf of Guinea, from Liberia to the Bight of 

 Benin, is divided into portions called the Grain Coast, Ivory 

 Coast, Gold Coast, and Slave Coast. The chief native states 

 are those of Ashantee (chief town, Coomassie), Dahomey (chief 

 town, Abomey), Yarriba (chief town, Abbeokuta), Benin (chief 

 town, Benin), Eggarah (chief town, Iddah), and Old Calabar 

 (chief town, Bongo). The principal British possessions on this 

 part of the African coast are the Gold Coast Colony, the chief 

 settlement in which is Cape Coast Castle, and Lagos, an island 

 not far from the embouchure of the Niger. Elmina is the capital 

 of the Dutch possessions on the coast of Upper Guinea. The 

 negroes of Ashantee and Dahomey are a cruel and ferocious 

 race, frequently sacrificing the prisoners they take in war. 



A great part of Lower Guinea is claimed by the Portuguese, 

 who possess some settlements on the coast, St. Paul de Loanda, 

 the capital of Angola, being the chief of them. The remaining 

 provinces of importance are Biafra (chief town, Biafra), 

 Loango (chief town, Loango), Congo (chief town, San Salvador), 

 and Benguela (chief town, San Felipe de Benguela). 



Eastern Africa, stretching from the Arabian Gulf to the 

 northern confines of Natal, may be divided into two districts, 

 north and south of the equator. The former comprehends the 

 country of the Gallas on the southern frontiers of Abyssinia, 

 with Ajan, and the country of the Somaulis, in the tongue- 

 shaped peninsula terminating in Cape Guardafui. The chief 

 towns in these districts are Zeyla and Berbera, on the Arabian 

 Gulf, and Harar in the interior. Zanguebar, comprising the 

 provinces of Magadoxo (north of the equator), Jubb, Melinda, 

 Zanzibar, and Quiloa, is under the control of a Sultan, whose 

 capital is Shanganny, a town on the island of Zanzibar. Mo- 

 zambique and Sofala nominally belong to the Portuguese. 

 Between Sofala and Natal lies a district called Amazula, or 

 Kaffraria. To the west of Amazula lies the Transvaal, settled 

 by Dutch boers, or farmers, annexed to the Cape Colony in 

 1877, but in 1881 re-ceded to the boers. 



To the west of the Transvaal territory, between it and the 

 Atlantic sea-board north of the Orange Eiver, lies the country of 

 the Hottentots and Bushmen, a race apparently but little re- 

 moved above the brute creation, so ignorant are they of the 

 rudest arts and filthy in their habits. They offer a marked con- 

 trast to the fierce and warlike Kaffirs, who have given consider- 

 able trouble at various periods to the government and inhabitants 

 of Cape Colony. 



South of the Orange Eiver lie the British dependencies called 

 Cape Colony and Natal, and the district known as the Orange 

 River Free States, a republic of Dutch boers, who retired thither 

 from Natal when it was made a British colony, in 1843, in con- 

 nection with Cape Colony. Great Britain resigned all jurisdic- 

 tion over the Orange Eiver Free States in 1854. Natal was erected 

 into a colony distinct and separate from the Cape in 1856. A 

 continuation of Kaffraria lies between Natal and Cape Colony. 



In 1866, British Kaffraria, on the east of Cape Colony, was 

 incorporated with it. The colony of the Cape of Good Hope is 

 divided into the eastern and western provinces, which are sub- 

 divided as follows : 



WESTERN PROVINCE. 



District. 

 Clanwilliam 

 Beaufort . 

 Malmesbury 

 Tulbagh 

 Worcester . 

 Paarl , 



District. 

 Uitenhage . 

 Graaf Reynt 

 Colesberg . 

 Albert . . 



Cradock 

 Somerset . 



Gold was discovered to the north of the Limpopo river in 

 1868, in a district bordering on the Transvaal Eepublic. 

 Copper, lead, cobalt, silver, iron, coal, and tin are also found in 

 the Transvaal. Its chief riches, however, consist in cattle and 

 various agricultural produce, wheat, for example, growing very 

 luxuriantly in the watered districts, and peaches, grapes, and 

 oranges also flourishing. 



READINGS IN GERMAN. XL 



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2Bte Sorb SStyron felbft erjdtylt, fanb fotgenbeS efprdd; $nrifd;eit ttym unb 

 SpoUbori, einem feljr etteln, 1 ttafientfcfjen 2lrjte roafyrenb etner 3f fyetnretfe 2 

 ftatt. ,,28aS fimnen ic benn tfyun, too$u id; nicijt itn @tanbc n>are ? ' 3 

 fragte bet Slr^t. ,,3)a @te mid; brdngen," 4 antoortete ber td;ter, ,,ft> 

 twit id? (S 36,nen fagen ; id) glaube, e8 gtcbt bret fotcfje $>tnge." ^olibort 

 beftanb barauf, bag er fie nennen fottte, unb Sorb SBtyron fprad; : 3d; !cinn 

 uber btcfen @trom fd;nrimmen ; id; fann ein 8td>t auf etne ntfernung son 

 jWanjig @d;ritt mit eincm ^tjMenfdjuffe auSblafen ; 5 unb id; fyabe tin 

 ebidjt gefd;rteben, con bem an einem Sage 14,000 dremplare 6 cerfauft 

 niorbcn finb." 



VOCABULARY AND NOTES. 



( 1 ) (Sttet, adj. vain, frivolous. 



( 2 ) SRIjetnretfe, /. a journey on 



the Ehine. 



( 3 ) 3m tanbc fetn, to be able. 



( 4 ) $>rdngen, to urge. 



( 5 ) 2lu8blafen, to snuff out. 



( 6 ) (Sremptar, n. copy. 



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9Kore. 



Setnvid; ber 2ld;tc on ngtanb unb granj ber rfte son granftetd; 

 toarcn bcibc guvften wn fefyr feurigcm temperament. 1 3^un imtnfd;te 

 rfterer cine argetltctye 93otfd;aft 2 an Sefctcren 3 ju fenben, unb toStylte 

 feinen .Ranker iHjomaS QRore baju auS. !>ftad;bctn 3JJore fetne SBetfung 4 

 empfangen b,attc, fprad; er: ,,<tte, njenn id; biefe 33otfd;aft einem jo fyeftt. 

 gen 5 SDJanne, wie bem JJonige von granfretd; ubcrbnnge, fo nnrb e6 mir ben 

 Jtcpf !oftcn." ,,@etn <2te unbeforgt," 6 antrcortete ber Jlonig; ,,n)enn 3ran 

 S^nen ben Jlopf abfiauen taft, fo njerbe id; jeben granjofen, ber je^t in 

 metnet 5DIad;t ifl, cincn Jtopf 7 fitrjcr mad;en taffen." ,,3d; 6tn @tt>. 

 SOJajeflat fe^r ocrbunben," verfc^tc ber Jtanjler; ,,abcr id; bejttietffe fefyr, bap 

 trgenb einer on ttefen Jlopfen auf meine @d;u(tern paffen 8 nsirb." 



VOCABULARY AND NOTES. 



(') temperament, n. temper, dis- 

 position. 



( 2 ) S3otfd;aft, /. message. 



( 3 ) Severn, the latter. 



( 4 ) 2Beifung. /. directions. 



( 5 ) -^cftig, adj. violent. 



( 6 ) Itnbeforgt fein, to have no 



care. 



( 7 ) (Sinen J?opf furjet mad;en, to 



make shorter by a head, to 

 decapitate. 



( 8 ) $affen, to fit. 



16. >er SStnger SWdufet^utm. 



35on ben SBrubern rimm. 



33et aStngen 1 ragt 2 mitten au bem 9il)ein ein ^o^er S^urm, on bem 

 nad;ftc6,enbe @age umge^t. 3 3m 3a6,re 970 mart grope Sfteuerung 4 in 

 eutfd;tanb, bag bie 0enfd;en auS Stot^ 5 ^a^en unb -unbe apen unb bod; 

 viete Seute -SjungerS ftarben. 6 !Da n>ar ein 33ifd;of gu SDiaiitj, ber I;iep 

 atto ber 2tnbere, 7 ein eij^at, 8 bad;te nur baran, fetncn @d;a ju 

 me^ren, unb fa^ ju, 9 ttne bie armen Seute auf ber affe nicberfieten, unb 

 bet-aufen 10 ;u ben Srotbanfen 11 Itefen unb bnS 33rot mit ewatt ntf)* 

 men. 2lber fein rbarmcn 12 fatn in ben 33tfd;of, fontern cr fprad; : 

 ,,Saffet atfe 9lrme unb Smrfttge fammctn 13 in cincr @d;cune 14 or bet 

 @tatt, id; toill fte fpeifen." Unb tote fie in btc @d;cunc gegangen n>aren, 

 fdjtoii 15 er bie Xf)iir $u, ftecf te bie @d;eune mit geuer an 1(i unb ccvferanntt 



fte fammt 17 ben armen Seuten. 2118 nun bie 3fienfd;cn unter ben glam- 

 men irimmerten 13 unb jammerten, rief 33ifd;of atto: ,,ort, fyurt, njte bie 

 OJMufe pfeifen ! " 2lUetn ott, ber ^err, plagte ttyn batb, bap bie OJJaufe 

 Sag unb 3tad;t uber ifm licfen unb an tfi,m frapen unb er ftd; mit alter 

 fctner ealt nicfit ttnber fte ^u fceruafiren ermod?te. 19 S)a tuugte er enb< 

 lid) fctnen anbern Ctat^, al8 bag er ctnen S^urm bet 33tngen mitten in ben 

 JRfietn bauen liep, ber nod; ()euttge8 la^t ju fef;cn ift ; barin mctnte cr ftd; 

 jtt friften, 20 aber bie SWaufe fd;mammen burd; ben @trom ^eran, etflommen 

 ben Sfjurm unb frapen ben !8tfd;of lebcnbtg auf. 



VOCABULARY AND 

 ( J ) SStngen, a small town on the 

 Ehine. 



( 2 ) 9tagt, stands out. 



( 3 ) llmget;t, is current. 



( 4 ) ^eucrung, /. dearth. 



( 5 ) 2lu Srtot^, from necessity. 

 ( G ) ^nnger3 ftarben. died of hun- 

 ger. 



