The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

—SOUTH AND EAST AFRICA.in the neighbouring riverain sands. A superabundance can bo had by simplysinking a few shallow wells in these sands, whereas the nearest springs toWalvisch Bay are 34 miles distant, so that it is found more convenient to supply iFig. 23.Angea Peqtjena.Scale 1 : 645,000.ISSSS:^-^/?. cfEaslof Greert820 Feet nndupwards.this place by sea from the Cape. The little Hottentot hamlet of An/shah gives alittle animation to the otherwise dreary shores of Sandwich Haven.The only important inlet on the coast of Great Namaqualand isAngra Pequcna,the acquisition of which by the trader Liideritz was the first step that induced theGermans to treat with England for the possession of the whole region, some360,000 square miles in extent, stretching from the Cunene to the Orange River.Despite its name, which in Portuguese means "Little Bay," Angra Pequena is