410 THE GREAT THIRST LAND. 



produces activity, or engenders growth. No ; the lion 

 of the Great Thirst Land is as much the king of lions 

 as the lion is kin^ of beasts. 



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In the Atlas Mountains the black-maned lion is 

 invariably found, on the Congo and Niger the yellow- 

 maned, and here both. This is not to be wondered at 

 when we perceive that the country, although within the 

 tropics, is possessed of a sub-tropical climate. 



The Southern Hemisphere is not like the Northern ; 

 the immense fields of ice that gird it, with almost a 

 total absence of land, cause the cold winds to penetrate 

 a great many degrees farther to the equator than they 

 would in the north. 



The mountains opposite Cape Town, not higher 

 than the Grampian Hills in Scotland, and in about 

 34 S. latitude, I have seen covered with snow. Where 

 in similar elevation and similar latitude can you find 

 the same thing north of the tropic of Cancer ? 



