, 1869-12-11
AFRICA.
Its Climate, Productions, People, and
Animals.
Ltttnre By Fer. Il. L. Wilder

The Rev. Z. I. Wider, for twenty ye.ss unis.
kiora.y in Africa, delivered = yerg ,nterest1rz
T.s.a.. :. s,z 49, -" E.st..1s s,.1.s sen w
tueeoa1 e,eHtuF' " hsnt1uo' Ga1Asee feseu-
fie ffonocftofe. Ahf1lala inhAbitant& &C. The
has enabled n,5, to gather m 4 t1ch Atora of ia.
feres1,ne infor,n,lon.
'e1 -, 1a.a .s,a-'n A'o. ~. ~. ,s" ~
lie cAma1e on Inc eAs1cfn COAST, near Natal, ne
represented as Balnpr1oa8 aud very heAlthtcl to
The while popo,attop, nj well "a the NATIVES,
Msllrusut ,eye,s and cpiaenlcs r,.ely preyail'
unIn9 me tMee Winter months It rarely fatnt,
bp1 IN tbs fail and summer rain IN the AFTERNOON
p,eo y ~ .nnnesf ana nsa.
lug. " u.se u~.@s's ..'es elsea uAa uas-
saen ~ NV nsi,.r =! conn11v ss1 r. ad
70 ~ earth IN la1Re streams. without any ztgzag
eeufte, nh ess e1plodes. ara "a that caan II
spssacs out hse iGmeaso5so;e % nvulees TINT 60 70
I ass u2 = is1ge @ iiEe5 In , soms instances tne
conos. Ei;g from dInei en- pointa, meet snd d!s-
cnttGe tnels tIpeiro9naaM eecsnclfy u each
araie,. % ~ w. A'' 'N'''''' " >"'D''1'4's
In one Of tteir wagon e1cursioos, 10 gra1d and
ma2niresIt Eas tae scene, that Aitaougn tbs
tc1.e Of fesr Has lost, ABSORBED ~ they were b.
tbe tpacncit display OF tibd1 orc works
In oetcIhtnR the productions Of the so1, be
Virginia could he successfully rated there-sugr
eAue1 c6ttop, & Zee, lndan corr, Eeanuss DC.
LsIke quantities Of sugar wAs mada by the Eng
H-n colonlsts- Flowers weTe represented ~ ab1n-
d4ut, European botanlsts have found bur coo
varieties In Europe, bat IN South Afrtca over
~, ,ttL rlHecea haze teen already ctasnded, Aud
sIl lhe Humorous ctassincatoas 1os mora thAn 200
Of tie african Vstleues eau be soaud IN Europe.
phant, Ion, leopard, wlid bo.r, anseope, onieys,
hieDa., crocodues, hpp0potamuf, ilcfalls. wlId
asgs Tns on sna e'epaa1: become sc.1Gs -
into tie lut gies The African elephants arc Wild,
often Vc,shlng Is pounds each. Tae LEOPARD u
/ bbw more feaied t5 the natives thao the lion.
Crocod les enoo I'd ii tue ecs1, 70 tue htppopo-
y ssPsst. ~
but 1ttie feared, the Knife easily separates them
when eosled III tne.r dtacly esnhraee- Heaesuthed
IN .he nstb. itse lie Auser3csn Wooa f,cx. 70
Tue assse !Afflcaus OF this section sre Hot&eu-
tots. kaors s1d Uushpeu. Their bodies are Of
go<d !os.p color tnat OF chestnut, sfu 10 tpeis
smAu treecn cloth. Their females i've ID de-
Srattd conott.on- Po3gE1ray Is common, sbe
fa.her selling nts daughter 10 any one that Will
Rive the largest number Of cattie. Ftpm ten 10
thirty hesd Is usually demanded for q wife. A
| the naiiSea neco14e civilized, they adopt the
| European dreAe.
Tie reverend gentleman re1kted many ludic,ons
| anecdotes OF parsres In their trausit1oa from
Natal directly In front Of tue dest, they had eeata
which were occupied BY the c.y1Hted that attend
| ed, while those that were nude GqpAt on tho door
back. occasionally native would conc VITA a
I hat on his head and no other garment, aud Claim
beat; othega TOO POOR to purCaase whole pair
OF parta, wuutd Divide them, one wearing ooe leg,
\ 2nd anpttet orc the other, and thus think they
| were entitled to 4 seat: Boue caque N1rh one
IeI nc relsira al arecdo,e Of an Old m4u waoss
daughter had been nerber Of the Aia.ton
| COMING TO meeting the following Sunday be
! walked proudly up the aisle TO the font and