Identifier: africansketchboo01read (find matches)
Title: The African sketch-book
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Reade, William Winwood, 1838-1875
Subjects: Africa, West -- Description and travel
Publisher: London, Smith, Elder & co.
Contributing Library: Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston University

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r the first time I saw gamein something like abundance. We went out partridge-shooting, and often as we were walking through thegrass trod up antelopes, which were squatting in theirforms like hares. In this region is found the Oreas Derbianus, a kindof eland larger than the Cape species, and therefore thelargest antelope in the world. I had heard of its exist-ence at the Casemanche, but failed to procure a speci-men ; but one was afterwards sent to me by M. Rapet,and was the first perfect skin that had ever been broughtto Europe. From Gambia I went to Goree and thence to St.Louis on the Senegal. Here the French have anAlgeria on a smaller scale, and it is their ambition tounite the two by a line of forts and artesian wells.Their progress in Algeria has been already discussedwith anxiety at the tea-parties of Timbuctoo ; and inSenegal the war-system is also in vogue, and wascarried out for a time with marvellous vigour by Faid-herbe—a name that has become historical. I went 1 Earth.
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Book III) MOSLEM AFRICA 309 up the river as far as Podor, passing many block-houses,which had often been besieged by the natives ; andin these obscure and lonely spots, prodigies of valourhad been achieved, worthy of being celebrated by MM.Erckmann and Chatrian. But yet I found on mysecond visit to the coast that this system of war hadnot proved a success, and it was not even safe to goalong the beach from St Louis to Goree. Campaignscan only be made during two or three months inthe year; the natives are as brave and stubborn asthe Arabs, and possess a terrible ally in the climate.And of what use is it to conquer these half-nakedpeople and their clusters of mud huts ? And how canwhite men occupy this fever-stricken land ? EuropeanPowers in the present generation should be content totake such measures as will serve to secure and facilitatetrade. The coast should everywhere be occupied ; thiswe know is of advantage, for the trade of Lagos hasmightily increased since its cession to Great

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