Africa is the hottest country in the world, because it lies in that part
of the world where the burning sun shines straight down upon it. The
beautiful snow, which falls about us every winter, is unknown there,
except on the highest mountain peaks. There lies across that country a
belt of great forest trees, forming a jungle so dark and dense that no
man has yet been able to pass through it. Only wild beasts hide there to
get away from the heat of the sun. But north and south of this great
forest are beautiful woods and palm trees and wild flowers. In such
places the natives live in rude huts, and sometimes huddle together in
villages. Their food is mostly bananas, dates, African maize, goat’s
milk, roots, and barks.
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