Identifier: africa00johnrich (find matches)
Title: Africa
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871 Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912
Subjects: Africa -- Description and travel Africa -- Social life and customs
Publisher: London : Edward Stanford
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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erywhere here, lying in vast layers almost on thesurface.1 14. The Gold-Fields of the Transvaal As the Orange State has its diamonds, so the Trans-vaal has its gold, discovered in the north of the state bythe travellers Carl Mauch and Edward Baines, butalso existing much farther north beyond the Lim-popo river. Some of these gold-fields, however, haveproved very disappointing, wdiile great expectations areentertained of others discovered in 1872 and 1873 atMaraba Town and Lydenburg, at which gold-digging hasbeen carried on with various success, and where thereappears to be sufficient quantity of the precious metal towarrant continuous effort. The gold is here of excellentquality, commanding as much as £3 : 18 s. per ounce. Itis mostly alluvial, but nuggets of from four to seven poundswreight are sometimes picked up. The most experiencedAustralian miners are of opinion that, judging from allappearances, extremely rich deposits must yet be broughtto light. 1 Jeppe, The Transvaal. 1868.
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y/y «, LION HUNTING. Tofaccpuije 40U. THE TRANSVAAL. 409 15. A Sportsmans Paradise. The Transvaal is the sportsmans paradise, where hecan roam at will, unrestricted by game-laws or otherartificial obstacles. Here he will find game of all sortsin vast abundance,—the springbock, the steinbock, gnus,and zebras. The larger animals—such as the elephant,rhinoceros, hippopotamus, buffalo, and giraffe—have withinthe last few years withdrawn further into the interiornorthwards. Beasts of prey, however, are met with, in-cluding lions, tigers, wolves, jackals, and tiger-cats, thougheven these are hunted yearly by ever-increasing numbers,and are consequently also retiring to more inaccessibleregions. Of the three species of lion here found, the mostdangerous is the light yellow species with black mane,though even he seldom attacks man, other game existingin such superabundance. Owing to the high prices in late years offered forostrich feathers, thousands and tens of thousands of theseharml

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