SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY. 203 



about one-half British and the other half Dutch. Four-fifths of 

 the people were coloured, 



South-West Africa, lately a German Colony, has now been 



Fig. 9. 



Sketch Map of Africa showing the position of the several Colonies and 



Protectorates. 



1. Gambia. 5. Egj^it. 9. Tanganyika. 



2. Sierra Leone. 6. The Sudan. 10. Nyasaland. 



3. The Gold Coast. 7. Uganda. 11. Southern Rhodesia. 



4. Nigeria. 8. Kenya. 12. Union of South Africa. 



13. Bechuanaland. 14. South-West Africa. 



added to the Union, but the information regarding it is not 

 sufl&cient to deal with it in this place. 



1. Topography. 

 The Union territory consists of three main regions : — 

 (1) A strip of low land lying along the sea coast from the mouth 



