s 



AFEICA. 



Th. von Heuglin, "Reise in Nordost-Afrika" 

 (2 vols., Brunswick, 1877). 



The war between Russia and Turkey also 

 made itself felt in Egypt, which, as a tributary 

 to the Porte, was bound to furnish troops and 

 money. After a great deal of deliberation the 

 Egyptian Government decided to furnish a 

 contingent of troops, but declared itself unable 

 to do any more. The English Government 

 manifested its interest in the future of Egypt 

 in a very decided manner, and rumors were 

 afloat that it intended to purchase from the 



AGRICULTURE. 



treaty of peace did not seem to have been con- 

 eluded. On the other hand, Abyssinia was the 



CONGO, ROYAL GUARD. 



Sultan his suzerain rights over the country. 

 (See EGYPT.) 



The relations of Abyssinia with Egypt were 

 not disturbed by war during 1877, although a 



DAHOMAN8 THE KING'S DANCB. 



scene of civil war between King Johannes and 

 the King of Shoa, in which the latter seemed 

 to have been worsted. (See ABYSSINIA.) 



AGRICULTURE. The International Sta- 

 tistical Congress, which assembled at St. Peters- 

 burg in 1872, confided to the Statistical Corps 

 of the French Government the compilation of 

 the Agricultural Statistics of Europe. The 

 work has recently appeared, and it contains 

 returns chiefly for the year 1873. In some 

 instances the average production is given ; in 

 others that of the year. The two following 

 tables show the crop of wheat, etc., in the 

 various countries : 



