CONTENTS. 
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BOOK III. 
GEOGRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATIONS, AND GENERAL VIEWS 
OF AFRICA. 
CHAPTER I. 
HISTORICAL VIEW OF GEOGRAPHICAL SYSTEMS FORMED 
RELATING TO AFRICA. 
Errors of early Geography. — System of Herodotus. — 
Eratosthenes and Strabo. — Ptolemy. — The Arabians. 
— Modern Geographers during the Sixteenth and 
Seventeenth Centuries. — Delisle and D'Anville. — 
Rennell, - . Page 371 
CHAPTER II. 
HISTORICAL VIEW OF THEORIES RESPECTING THE COURSE 
AND TERMINATION OF THE NIGER. 
Herodotus. — Strabo, Pliny, and Mela, — The Arabians. 
— Leo and the Portuguese. — Delisle and D' Anville. — 
Moore. — Major Rennell. — Reichard. — The Congo 
Hypothesis Another The Mar Zarah, - 397 
CHAPTER III. 
GENERAL VIEW OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF AFRICA. 
By Professor Jameson. 
Mineralogy.^ — Geognosy. — Primitive Rocks. — Transi- 
tion Flcetz. — Alluvial. — Minerals found in Africa. 
Zoology Mammalia, — Birds. — Reptiles. — Insects. 
— Zoophytes, - - - 423 
