THE EARTH AND ITS INHABITANTS. NORTH-WEST AFRICA. CHAPTER I. T RT POLJTAX A. ft E portion of the Alrican continent designated on the maps by the naine.of Tripolitana. is a territory destitute of geographical unity. A vast region over 400,000 6quarc miles in extent, it comprises several distinct countries separated from each other by uninhabited or even uninhabitable solitudes. Hero the desert, or at least the steppes leading to it, reach the Mediterranean at the Syrtis Major. The space comprised between Cyrenaiea on the east, and the Ghurian highlands near Tripoli, forms a land of imperceptible transition between the coast and Sahara zones, while the whole of Southern Tripolitana already belongs to the desert, properly so called. Here we meet with little but rocky, stony, argillaceous, ov sandy tracts, except in some depressions, where a few springs nfford sufficient water for man and his date-groves. Hence Tripolitana is regarded as a geographical unit rather through a political f
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CONTENTS; OHAP PAOK; I TlMTOLITANAI; Barka, p 1 Historical Rotrospeot, p 3 Physical Features, p 4 Climate of Barka, p G Flora aod Fauna, p 7 Inhabitants, p 9 Topography, p 13; II The Aujila Oases23; Topography, p 25; III Tins KuniA Oases28; Flora and Fauna, p 31 Inhabitant'*, p 81 Topography, p 32; IV TnE Gbeat Srarts an'd Tripoli-tana Seaboaed34; General Survey, p 34 Physical Features, p 36 Jlydrographic System, p 42 Coast-; lands, p 43 Climate, p 44 Flora, p 40 Fauna, p 48 Inhabitants, p 49 Tlio Arabs of Tripolitena, p 51 Tho Negroes and Turks, p 53 Tho Jowa, JIaltoso, and Europeans, p 56 Topography, p 55 Tripoli, p 61; V FezzanC8; Physical Features, p 69 Lakes and Wadiea, p 71 Oases, p 73 Climate, p "4 Flora, p 10- Fauna, p 76 Iuhabitants, p 77 Topography, p 79; VI GlIADAJfES 82; Physical Features, p 83 Topography, p 87; VII Riiat90; Topography, p 92 Government and Administration, p 93; VIII Tunisia95; Tho Atla
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CONTENTS; OHAP PAOK; I TlMTOLITANAI; Barka, p 1 Historical Rotrospeot, p 3 Physical Features, p 4 Climate of Barka, p G Flora aod Fauna, p 7 Inhabitants, p 9 Topography, p 13; II The Aujila Oases23; Topography, p 25; III Tins KuniA Oases28; Flora and Fauna, p 31 Inhabitant'*, p 81 Topography, p 32; IV TnE Gbeat Srarts an'd Tripoli-tana Seaboaed34; General Survey, p 34 Physical Features, p 36 Jlydrographic System, p 42 Coast-; lands, p 43 Climate, p 44 Flora, p 40 Fauna, p 48 Inhabitants, p 49 Tlio Arabs of Tripolitena, p 51 Tho Negroes and Turks, p 53 Tho Jowa, JIaltoso, and Europeans, p 56 Topography, p 55 Tripoli, p 61; V FezzanC8; Physical Features, p 69 Lakes and Wadiea, p 71 Oases, p 73 Climate, p "4 Flora, p 10- Fauna, p 76 Iuhabitants, p 77 Topography, p 79; VI GlIADAJfES 82; Physical Features, p 83 Topography, p 87; VII Riiat90; Topography, p 92 Government and Administration, p 93; VIII Tunisia95; Tho Atla
