THE GREAT KALAHARI. 503 



travelers, most of them allured thither in pursuit of game. It may be considered as 

 bounded by the parallels of 20° and 30° south of the equator, and from 17^ to 30° 



of longitude, covering an area of 1,000 miles by 700. The great Kalahari occupies 

 its center. The physical aspects of so vast a region of course vary. Taking its outside 



