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of the Camaroons, are composed chiefly of the 

 granites and syenites with their degradations 

 of schiste, gneiss, and sandstone. Similarly, 

 in the great Anstro-American continent, one 

 shore, that of the Brazil, is granitic, whilst the 

 other, Chili, mainly consists of the various por- 

 phyries. 



The negroes and negroids of both these in- 

 hospitable coasts, an undeveloped and not to be 

 developed race — in this point agreeing with the 

 fanna and flora around them — are the chief ob- 

 stacles to exploration, and remarkably resemble 

 each other. The productions of the east and 

 west are similar. The voracious shark swims 

 the seas, turtles bask npon the strands and 

 islets, and the crocodile and hippopotamus haunt 

 the rivers. The forests abound in apes and mon- 

 keys, and the open plains support the giraffe, the 

 antelope, and the zebra, hog and wild kine (Bos 

 Caffir and B. Brachyceros), herds of elephants and 

 scatters of rhinoceros. The villagers breed goats 

 and poultry. In the healthier regions they have 

 black cattle and sheep, whilst one tribe has 

 acclimatized the ass. The exceeding fertility of 

 the rain-drenched plains gives an amazing lux- 

 uriance to cassava and rice, maize, and holcus, 

 cotton, sugar-cane, and wild indigo, banana, 



