XVI CONTENTS. 



ing to send them Home. — Purchase of a Schooner. — 'Fitting her out. — Visit to 

 Kinsembo. — \o Charts Obtainable. — A Windfall. — Homeward bound. — Safe at 

 Home Page 433 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 



Formation of the Continent. — River Basins. — Deserts. — The Water-sheds. — Zambesi. 

 — Kongo. — Physical Geography. — Useghara Mountains. — Fertile Soil. — The Lu- 

 gerengeri Valley. — The Kungwa Hills. — Gum -copal. — Timber-trees. — ^Fauna. — 

 Snakes. — The Mukondokwa Valley. — Lake Ugombo. — Mpwapwa. — Barren Soil. — 

 The Marenga Mkali. — Ugogo. — A Dried-up Country. — Ziwas. — Kanyeuye. — Use- 

 khe.— Granite.— Khoko.— The Vale of Mdaburu.— The " Fiery Field " 444 



CHAPTER XXXV. 



The Lake System of Central Africa. — A Flaw in some Ancient Upheaval. — Correct 

 Position of the Tanganyika. — Kawele. — Ras Kungwe. — Kabogo Island. — Ruguvu. 

 — Coal. — Rapid Encroachment of the Lake upon its Shores. — Formation of Cliffs. 

 — Remains of an Inland Sea. — Makakomo Islands. — Gradual Disappearance. — 

 Constant Additions from Main-land. — Ras Musungi. — Loose Masses of Granite. — 

 Weather-worn Cliffs. — Fantastic Forms. — Xumerous Land-slips. — Black Beaches. 

 — The West of Tanganyika. — A New Geographical Region. — The Rugumba. — 

 Black Speculum Ore. — The Kilimachio Hills. — Affluents of the Lualaba. — Under- 

 ground Dwellings. — The Lualaba and Kongo. — Changes in River Channels. — Bee- 

 culture. — A Barren Waste. — A Fertile Flat 458 



CHAPTER XXXVL 



Africa's Future. — Slaves and Other Articles of Commerce. — Trade Routes. — E.xport 

 of India-rubber increasing. — Internal Slave-trade. — Ivory Supply. — Products. — 

 Sugar - canes. — Cotton. — Oil Palm. — Coffee. — Tobacco. — Sesamum. — Castor - oil. — 

 The Mpafu-tree. — Nutmegs. — Pepper. — Timber. — Rice. — Wheat. — KaflSr Corn. — 

 Indian Corn. — India-rubber. — Copal. — Hemp. — Ivory. — Hides. — Bees-wax. — Iron. 

 — Coal. — Copper. — Gold. — Silver. — Cinnabar. — Mission Work. — Commercial En- 

 terprise. — Establishment of Depots. — Scheme for advancing into the Interior. — 

 Light Railways. — Steamers on Rivers. — Probable Results. — Shall Slavery con- 

 tinue ? — How to stamp it out, and make .tVfrica Free 470 



Appendix 1 483 



Appendix II 489 



Index 499 



