INHABITANTS. 



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times the guinea-fowl was, so to say, rediscovered by the Portuguese in this 

 continent, whence it had been originally obtained by the Greeks and Romans, but 

 had again disappeared during mediaeval times. 



Even in the sphere of industries, Africa has contributed a certain share to the 

 common inheritance of mankind. The monuments of Egypt, her highways, canals, 



Fig. 7. — Languages of Africa. 

 Scale 1 : 75,000,000. 



Semites Berbers 



(Arab and ( Kabyles, 



Abyssinian). Touareg.) 



Hamites. 



Nuba. 



m 



Bantu San and Koin-Koin Malayo- Unclassified 



(Kafirs, (Hottentots, Polynesians. languages. 



Zulus). Bushmen). 



1,200 Miles. 



Xiam-Niam. 



CD 



Aryans. 



Negritoes. 



Turks. 



embankments, her costly fabrics, gems, and furniture, her carved woods and 

 wrought metals — in a word, the thousand objects found in her burial-grounds — 

 cannot all have been the work of the Retu alone. Amongst the products of the 

 old Egyptian industry are frequently recognised certain forms also recurring in 



