The sultry clime of The Africa sultry In fancy now In we fancy reach;now Its chief divisions review, chief And capital each.And Morocco, by Morocco ruled, First in the First list in appears;the Algiers next Algiers order next name, in Algiers. Tunis, with Tunis Tunis, its with town, its Is upon Is roll;upon Tripoli succeeds, which And bows Tripoli To Tripoli's control. Then Barca see, Then and Barca Der'ne see, Town and As first As size in it size rates;it Next comes Next a comes region a dry region parch'd and But call'd But "the call'd Land "the Dates."of Egypt succeeds,--its ruling town Cairo on Is Nile;on Nubia's next, New Dongola style.New Abyssinia, By Gondar tell;ruled, South-eastwardly then proceed, journeying to Adel'.In Ajan' Berbera pass, and Zanguebar seek;And See, namesake See, capital, with land Mozambique.The Monomotapa, Zimbao, let us view;Zimbao, Cazembe called too.Is Caffraria note, rule with Port Natal crown;let Cape Colony And behold, then Town.Its Boshuanas South-west placewhich country Hottentots; country Cimbebas trace.And now, Lower now, Guinea's in bounds, Lower Benguela comprise; Angola, Congo, there are Angola, seen, Congo, Loango lies.And Benguela's largest Benguela's size, town St. Felipe may Felipe call;we Thy We briefly name We Paul.name Congo's seat government, Congo's Salvador name;St. mark, title is In same.is grounds Upper grounds Guinea by claim'd Upper Benin' review;Benin' There Dah'omay more central There lies, Dah'omay Ashan'tee Benin', where Niger's mouths Benin', expand, where A obeys;A From thence Dahomay' thence come, Dahomay' Whose Abomey's'.Whose Ashantee our resort, is Coomassie rules that o'er Liberia's colonies, Monrovia takes command. Sierre Leo'ne Has sickly Freetown graced;Has Senegambia at Timboo government has placed.Its Upon Sahara's sandy waste, moment look;let seek Fezzan, region Moorzook. Within limits Soodan the Are numerous kingdoms found;Are At Kaarta glance, At Kemmoo and With regency crown'd.With Bambarra, ruled Sego, Bambarra, Presents itself Timbuctoo Timbuctoo, Houssa comes,--there Saccatoo sustains; Note Yariba, Eyeo Note O'errules domains.O'errules Bornoo, Kooka Bornoo, Afric's ground;Is Bergoo, And Wara Bergoo, More eastwardly found.More Darfoor, still farther Darfoor, east, to Will Cobbe's confess;Will right govern The Kordofan right Obeid shall possess. last Ethiopia stanza afford;A Mysterious region, undefined, Vast, trackless, unexplor'd. ============================================================== * Political Divisions The sultry clime of Africa In fancy now we reach; Its chief divisions we review, And capital of each. Morocco, by Morocco ruled, First in the list appears; Algiers we next in order name, Its capital Algiers. Tunis, with Tunis its chief town, Is next upon the roll; And Tripoli succeeds, which bows To Tripoli's control. Then Barca see, and Der'ne Town As first in size it rates; Next comes a region dry and parch'd But call'd "the Land of Dates." Egypt succeeds,--its ruling town Is Cairo on the Nile; Nubia's next, its capital New Dongola we style. And now of Abyssinia, By Gondar ruled, we tell; South-eastwardly we then proceed, In journeying to Adel'. Ajan' and Berbera we pass, And Zanguebar we seek; See, with its namesake capital, The land of Mozambique. Monomotapa, with its town Zimbao, let us view; Cazembe next, its capital Is called Cazembe too. Caffraria note, and with its rule Port Natal let us crown; And then Cape Colony behold, Its capital, Cape Town. Then Boshuanas let us note, South-west of which we place The country of the Hottentots; And next Cimbebas trace. And now, in Lower Guinea's bounds, Benguela we comprise; Angola, Congo, there are seen, And there Loango lies. Benguela's town of largest size, St. Felipe we may call; Thy capital, Angola, then We briefly name St. Paul. But Congo's seat of government, St. Salvador we name; Loango mark, its capital In title is the same. In grounds by Upper Guinea claim'd Benin' we first review; There Dah'omay more central lies, There place Ashan'tee too. Benin', where Niger's mouths expand, A namesake town obeys; >From thence to Dahomay' we come, Whose rule is Abomey's'. Ashantee is our next resort, Coomassie rules that land But o'er Liberia's colonies, Monrovia takes command. Sierre Leo'ne with its rule Has sickly Freetown graced; But Senegambia at Timboo Its government has placed. Upon Sahara's sandy waste, A moment let us look; Then seek the region of Fezzan, Its capital Moorzook. Within the limits of Soodan Are numerous kingdoms found; At Kaarta glance, and there Kemmoo With regency is crown'd. Bambarra, ruled by Sego, now Presents itself to view; Timbuctoo next, its capital Is call'd Timbuctoo, too. Then Houssa comes,--there Saccatoo The government sustains; Note Yariba, and Eyeo there O'errules the parch'd domains. Bornoo, where Kooka takes the rule Is Afric's central ground; And then Bergoo, by Wara ruled, More eastwardly is found. Darfoor, still farther to the east, Will Cobbe's rule confess; The right to govern Kordofan Obeid shall possess. And last to Ethiopia A stanza we afford; Mysterious region, undefined, Vast, trackless, unexplor'd. from Key to Pelton's Hemispheres, 1851 _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
