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ON THE COAST OF ADEN. 



I have noticed under the head of Senegambia ; while, owing to the 

 considerable elevation of the mountains, we find many others which 

 belong to cool and temperate climates such, for example, as rye and 

 barley. The Sugar Cane, the Pomegranate, and numerous Auran- 

 tiacese, as, for example, the Citron and the Orange, have been like- 

 wise introduced into this part of Southern Africa. 



VEGETABLE LIFE IN SOUTH AFKICA. 



1. Mesembryanthemum inflexum. 2. Hottentot's Fig (Met. edule). 3. Euphorbia neriifolia. 

 4. Euphorbia grand idens. 5. Stapelia hirsuta. 



From the coast of Aden, where almost complete sterility prevails 

 prior to the rainy season from the coast of Aden to Cape Guardafui, 

 situated at the easternmost point of Africa, the traveller encounters 

 a constant succession of mountains or elevated table-lands, haunted 

 by the shepherds of the Somali tribes, a people notorious for their 

 brigandage. Respecting the coast of Ajan we know but little, 



