| Show T 1 v IJ METHUEN KEEPING HIS uS LINE S f h S I is q I i r rM rI rS M S I Ii I i I 1 S I 4 r w J S 4 5 is b p a I IThe The POsition of the British at Modder river Is III only maintained by con staat ith roving bands ot of Doers Beers who hO appear In the most unexpected at the most unexpected times The above PIctures one ot of the dally daily skirmishes armored traIn and the mobile tn m a a a a a a a a S S y vw v tG the Conclusion that ft pretext for tor fur encroachments would MC have been t order under all circumstances Lad It trekking had to be done the mm I leg lt boom mIght hare b been 41 CAuLe en 1 a blessing In Jt ft has filled the country with I but alto also with Boer Beer million I v proof fence and aDd guarding It night and aM day Want to buy n a fine saddle horse herse Sir tl a Mexican cavalry asked II a South granger l No thank you OU Senor said the frontiersman you cant keep n a good V vY would let them have hae homesteads on terms and pet them In every possible to spite John Dull Bull BERRIES IN ABUNDANCE Berries too must be pretty prett abundant on the great greut divide of oC the can and the Sand Sea Sen In 1894 1194 Colonel of the military surveying expedition was taken sick nt at Wadel amr on the tho north side aide slope oC the i Atlas and nl at the advice of his doe doc doctor i tor sent out a 0 few scouts to intervIew the bIll hili shepherds and offer 10 coppers a quart for any kind ot of edible berries The result surprised him Men wo women women men and children began to trudge up Ul the approaches ot of the thu surveyors camp and before he could countermand his otter offer had bad brought raspberries enough to run a first class conning factory They had too and some novel varIeties of strawberries and In reply to Inquiries stated that then were werl other kInds but growing on trees and not nol so easy to get nt at There too flourishes the IL a species ot of locust with edible pods about as nourishing as strIng beans Th The crop hardly ever falls and In protracted droughts has saved saed many a wanderer ot of the wilderness includIng John th Baptist whose staple diet ot of honey and locusts according to Richard Bur Burton Burton ton had nothing to do with pers A Yuma IndIan might stick to the elder Interpretation but It Is III 1 a sig significant acl that In several European languages the POdS ot the are known as St Johns Bread chunks ot of resInous pine wood are round found In the gullies of the upper Sierras and are sometimes loaded on donkeys and hauled to the markets ot of the coast towns like charcoal from the woods ot of the Apennines It would not be difficult to keep keel the pots boiling In Inn ina n a country ot of that sort and the Ule abundance ance of game gamo could almost reconcile the to the tho loss of their veldts Antelopes are aro not all as numerous as in the Orange RIver mountains but there are countless cones squirrels black cocks badgers pIgeons and a afew few tew deer and wild goats A variety of Ibex still haunts the rocky highlands and on the border of Tunis there are small herds ot of the curious creature known ns as the or that seems to form torm a connecting be between between tween the steer and the stag wild ox the Ar Arab b calls It and often orten hunt It at the time ot of the year when the tho herds are with helpless fawns but are afraId to domesticate It as grownup specimens no matter how tame are apt to yield to n a rooming roaming instinct and lead black cattle astray PRACTICALLY SOUTHERN EU EUROPE EUROPE ROPE objection to southern Africa as II a permanent home was that It seemed too much like living out ot of the world settlers In the mountaIns of th Moon oon might us as well remove to the moon Itself and be done hut But Algeria has become almost II a part of at southern Europe The capital AlgIers la Is only a trine trIfle further south than and can be reached from Minorca In ten hours from Marseilles In n a day and a halt haU Settlers would remain In touch with and Europe would object to see on at her door To outbId all those advantages the urge the inexhaustible reo re resources sources ot of their colonies OD oa the west Welt cost cout ot oi Sumatra 0 Y excel exceed l n a height ot of teat teet but with the exception of at a few tew active volcanoes the they are arc wooded to the top The botan botanIc Ie Ic whIch starts nt at the coast wIth mammoth sp specimens of Indian fig trees rise to a dwarfish variety ot of stone pines Interspersed with juniper bushes and scrub oaks Oaks ot of a different species form tonn groves on the extensive highland plateau where a million Doers Boers could posture pasture theIr herds Increase and all for the next years ears Cool cloudland sanItaria above aboe ever evergreen evergreen green meadows nil all around and absolutely game preserves below what more would nn an honest have hae Gold and diamonds The They too can be found at the head headwaters headwaters waters of the river says the report ot of Captain Van who passed six years ears In the neighborhood ot of and availed himself ot of several excursions Into the hIghlands ot of the Interior Auriferous placers pIncers are nIsI found near Mt north ot of the equator and mn may have been the true iCing Ing Solomons mines of antiquity DUTCH SETTLERS IN JAVA And that can thrive In Inn ina n a tropical mountain country Is proved b by the prosperity ot of the Dutch seWers settlers In Java Jaa That little island nets the Hol 1101 Holland land government nn an annual Income ot of though the colonists come In Infrequent Infrequent frequent competition with the industrial native tribes Java with less than to O square miles has n a population equalling that ot of Holland and BelgIum token taken together while Sumatra nearly nearh twice as large M as Great Grent BritaIn has only natives and n a few tew hundred thousand Chinese and Hollanders There would be room for tor five times U ss many and In the uplands alone olon for tor the entire present population ot of Dutch speaking South Africa The Tho coast jungles It Is true are fearfully ous but so are those of Ceylon Celon where nevertheless the mountains ot of the In Interior tenor rise to II a plateau whIch Sir Sam Samuel uel nel Baker Daker pronounced II a sanitarium for tor the homesickness ot of the schnapps fuddled Hollander since up here a squatter cnn can Intoxicate himself with sunshine and aromatIc breezes From the east enst coast of Sumatra a achain L chain ot of marino marine rocks leads like n a abridge bridge to the tho still larger and cv even more sparsely settled Island ot of Borneo where likewise the enterprising Dutch have hao gained a foothold and could give hc their countrymen points In the art ot of lodging the shiftless natives Nay their traders have hae pushed further east to establish factories s all on the tho coast cout ot of Celebes and now monopolize the Import tr since their Spanish h rIvals rival left leCt Inn In n hurry huro under the pretext ot of having to concentrate theIr efforts upon the lUaa massacre ot of the neIghboring Filipinos With Java and Celebes the Sunda group comprises nearly square miles and In the course ot of years the reunited Dutch colonists might there conquer n a grander Island empire thAn the Spaniards ever rul ruled In the Weal Vest Indies hor horse Ia this country unless you have havea a stable like hike a jail and make It n a rule to sleep In the stable every night and after some then they will steal It It you OU dont donL sleep on top ot of the horse hoso THE THI LAKE LAlE REGION But Dut then the Lake RegIon com coin n a considerable ot o geography h with limitless no mans lands north anti and west and therein has the tho advantage ot of the AlgerIan highlands The Morocco border tribes fiercely resent IntrusIon south Bouth ot of the mountains the the region of at atthe the great desert with undulating gravel fields and just water enough to weeds and snakes Yet what tho thia Is left of at AMel oders country ts is reallY worth The climate ot of the tho northern foothill country makes existence tl a luxury und and It would bo be n a great greaL mistake to suppose that arboreal vegetation Is limited to the orchards of the l French rench colonists Some twenty miles south of Constantine Constantino I the road to the Oasis of El EI crosses n a ridge that affords 1 it marvel marvelous ous view ot of the Atlas Range flange with VUlt Its tous chasms and snow summits some of at them rivallIng the tho heIght lit the Alpine peaks A As seen through n a telescope the tho summit plateaus look hook pale green grcen or gray bowlder heaps alternating with patches ot of scant barbas but n a few tew thousand feet teet lower down the pine woods begin and range east cost and west for Cor many hun bun of miles Vertical extent varies from II a mile to n a mile and a halt half and near the lower outskirts of at the timber r belt mingled with beech tr trees walnuts and evergreen oaks Like our Apaches the Arab Arob and Berbers are children ot of the plains and have not much use for cloudland Sierras but the bog feet teet ot of the Boers Beers have hae got modified In the Transvaal Tr and might contrive to ascend the great central plateaux where fairies could compete with the tho milk ranchos ranches of the Berner Oberland and where the French What are product ot of your country nt at present Brigham asked tl a land agent They are ot of the tho world sir tm proved by a fertile soil soli replied the thie modest commissioner and the tho terrace lands ot of Sumatra could be almost tie de described scrIbed In the s same terms te ms Time The tar tor crosse crose the ast Island near the celt cen center ter and the const coast are moist molet hot enough to make n a gorilla feel teel at home Two ot of giant apes have pro pre empted In the tho coast jun Jungles the tho orang and the gibbon besides smaller sp species l ot of monkeys and severn several I varieties arl of oC lemurs pr tour four handed nightwalkers that cnn can find tree free In the midnight gloom of the tho primeval tor forest st but get hypnotized l by the first of oC daylight There are tigers and one OM larger beast beaRt ot of prey rey natives describe RIt as n a hull killer with a nano possibly some seine variety ot of AsiatIc lion herds ot of elephants elk and wild cows complete the zoological wonderland PROFITS IN SWINE GROWING PIgs can ho bo so raised that the profits ot of the pork trade decIded the lowlanders to the paradise ot of Islam Ono One or two tO donned the turban but the tho great plurality of the tho coast dwellers preferred contemporary spareribs to In the future tense tame On the tho chilly summIt plateau of If the tho Bunko range ranee where whre sheep thrive better than pigs did take root an and th natives readily con consented consented to e the sour wIno wine ot of their highland apes but buL between those extremes Uj thre re are three or tour four different regions representinG ns as many dIfferent climes A arrangement accommodates th the varying predilections ot of settlers on the of Jamaica but Sumatra is III larger than lien Jamaica Puerto Rico don an Domingo and Cuba taken together and the east to west range ot of the tho maIn mountain chain 14 longer than that ot of the Alps Not less leSe than twenty pelts peaks |
