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NOETH-EAST AFEICA. 



During the invasion of Egypt by the French under Buonaparte at the close of the 

 last century, a ma hdi— that is, a " spiritual guide " foretold by old prophecies- 

 summoned his followers to exterminate the stranger. Recently other mahdis have 

 stirred up the tribes in the West against the French of Senegambia, in the East 

 against the Turks and English in Egypt. In the North, also, fanatics are prepar- 



Fig. 8. — Religions of Africa. 

 Scale 1 : 75,000,000. 



Nature 

 Worshippers. 



Mohammedans. 



em 



Monophysites 

 and Gnostics. 



Protestants. 



Catholics. 



1,200 Miles. 



Jews. 



ing emissaries in Algeria, Tripoli, and Senusiya, and sending them from mosque to 

 mosque in order to excite the congregations against the infidel. In Mecca the 

 most zealous pilgrims, that is, those subject to the most frequent fits of religious 

 frenzy, are the Takrur or Takrârir, a term usually applied collectively to the West 

 African Negroes, but in a more special sense to those of Wadai and Bornu, and to 

 the inhabitants of Metammeh, in the north-west of Abyssinia. Notwithstanding 



