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50 TR.AVELS IN AFRICA.the tremendou& surf thereby caused, the harhours here are barred,. andof course subjectedto one very serious incouvenience.would, however, be an exception to this.El ValadiaPoliey and commerce cry aloud, and both natttreandartshould bemoved, to accomplish the opening the inhospitable coast qf this redundantcountry.But to none does the appeal SOc fo1'ciblyaddress itsdfas to the nation which leads in commercial enterprise.Africa, indeed,see~s now the only part of the globe perfectl,Y: freeJor ;theiQt1toductionof adventure and speculation, and it is.iIikcely ctoicOjlltinu.edio fullylong enough to reward the trouble andrisk. The attempts, howeveJ:',if any take place in this direction, must be made upon ,a scale verydiJferentin every respect from aught hitherto done in thatway.But toc revert to the mai Il and conclusive article-Geology.h isto beobserved, that no trace of volcanic operation~ppears. In theoutlinesof Atlas himself the1'e is nothing that indicates the existence in anyformf:lr day of a crater. This is by no means conclu~ive; but it'ilsstrongly presumptive: at any rate it renders iQ'restigationt11c