THE GREAT KALAHARI. 



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travelers, most of them allured thither in pursuit of gnme. It may be considered as 

 bounded by the parallels of 20o and 30° south of the equator, and from 17° to 30° 



f>f longitude, covering an area of 1,000 miles by 700. The great Kalahari occupies 

 Its center. The physical aspects of so vast a region of course vary. Taking its outside 



