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AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION. 
the imagination, you must discard from your mind the 
inebriated, maudlin, filthy negro surrounded by fat 
wives and a family of abdominous brats. He may be 
indolent if you please, but not so indolent as to be 
unmindful of his own interests. For his gardens are 
thriving, his plants are budding, and his fields are 
covered with grain. His house has just been built and 
needs no repairs, and the fenced courts round it are all 
in good condition. 
A LANDING-PLACE ON THE NYANZA. 
Roll the curtain up and regard him and his surround- 
ings ! 
He steps forth from his hut, a dark-brown -coloured 
man in the prime and vigour of manhood, a cleanly, 
decent creature, dressed after the custom of his country 
in a clay-coloured robe of bark cloth, knotted at the 
shoulder and depending to his feet — apparently a con- 
tented, nay, an extremely happy man, for a streak of 
sunshine having caught his face, we have a better view 
of it and are assured it reflects a felicitous content- 
ment. 
