THE ORIGIN OF THE ROOSEVELT EXPEDITION. 
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with races of a lighter color from Europe. Twelve hundred years 
before Christ they had a fair civilization. They are an agricultural 
people, brave, and loving their homes. 
They helped the Romans conquer the Phoenicians, and in sue- 
EXTRAORDINARY FOREST GROWTH IN AFRICA. 
ceeding centuries, when oppressed by their rulers, aided in their 
overthrow. They have been vanquished, but never conquered, and 
they are the chief hope of North Africa, provided they can be 
reached by the Gospel of Christ. They are Mohammedan, but are 
