The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

—80 SOUTH AND EAST ATItlCA.evei-liistiug suows and ice of the Antarctic regions. In order to keep up constantand regular intercourse with the civilised world, the colonists have to traversethousands of miles of the great oceanic highways in the direction of Great Britain,of India, and Australasia. The nearest continental headland to the Cape is theFig. 24.Souih-Wesi Afkicam HionLANDS.Scile 1 : 3,250,000."i :. ./,> /640 Feet andupwards.southern extremity of the New World, which is still distant 3,250 miles. Tasmania,which forms the third terminal point of the continents tapering southwards,lies about 6,000 miles to the east. Consequently, imtil the South Africansettlements become consolidated in one vast and populous state, with still more