THE GREAT KALAHARI. 



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

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



of 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 



