Division 32. Animals, Fruits, Etc. Division 33. Highest Mountains In The World. Animals, Fruits, Etc. That Are Native In Asia And Africa
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Division 32. Animals, Fruits, Etc. Division 33. Highest Mountains In The World. Animals, Fruits, Etc. That Are Native In Asia And Africa
ASIA. Birds. - Eagle; falcon; rhinoceros-bird, vulture; nearly all known game-birds and domestic fowls, except turkeys.
Fruits, Vegetables, etc. - Aloe; almond; anise-seed; apple; apricot; banyan; banana; barley; bean; betel; buckwheat; camphor; cashew; cassia; chestnut; cinnamon; citron; clove; cocoa; cocoanut; cotton; current; datura; date; fig; grape; guana; guava; jalap; lemon; lentil; lime; mangos; teen; melon; mulberry; myrrh; nutmeg; olive; opium; orange; pandonus; pea; pear; peach; plantain; plum; pomegranate; rice; sarsaparilla; shaddock; sugarcane; tea; walnut; wheat.
Minerals. - Coal; copper; diamonds; gold; iron; pearls; petroleum; precious stones in great variety; salt; silver; tin.
Quadrupeds. - Antelope; ass; bear; buffalo; camel; deer; dog, (various); elephant; gayal; goat; fox; hog; horse; hyena; jackal; leopard: monkey; ox; reindeer; sacred ox; sheep: tiger; wolf; yak; 288 kinds of native quadrupeds in all.
Reptiles. - Many poisonous snakes, including the hooded snake, (cobra de capello) python, lizard, (various), and others.
Trees. - Aloe: almond; apple; apricot; areca; banyan; bamboo; birch; camphor-tree; chestnut; cinnamon; cocoa; cocoanut; clove; cypress; date-palm; ebony; fig; fir; india-rubber tree; iron-wood; larch; lemon; lime: mangrove; maple; mulberry; myrrh; myrtle; oak; olive; orange; palm; peach; pear; pine, (Norway); pine, (Siberian"); poplar; rosewood; sandal-wood; teak; walnut; willow.
Animals, Fruits, Etc . , That Are Native In Africa
Birds. - Crow; cuckoo; duck; eagle; falcon; guinea-fowl; goose; honey-bird; ibis; indicator; kestrel; kingfisher, (several kinds); lammergeyer; lark; ostrich; parrot; partridge; pigeon; secretary-bird; starling; swallow; vulture; in all, over 300 varieties, mostly resembling those of Europe.
Fruits, Vegetables, etc. - Aloes; cinnamon; coffee; cotton; custard-apple; date; fig; frankincense; juniper-berry; lemon; lotus; myrrh; olive; onion; orange; papyrus; pawpaw; peach; peanut; rice; tamarind; teff; wheat; yam; spices in their variety.
Minerals. - Coal; copper; diamonds; gold; iron; salt.
Quadrupeds. - Ape; antelope, (three varieties); baboon; bison; camel; chimpanzee; dog-faced baboon; elephant; fox; galago, (or lemur): giraffe; goat; gorilla; hyena; hyrax; jackal; leopard; lion; ox; panther; quagga; rhinoceros, (five species); sheep; wart-hog; wild-cat; zebra.
Reptiles. - Anaconda, (or python) ; chameleon; crocodile; frog; harmless snakes; lizard; toad; tortoise, (or turtle); tree-snake; venomous serpents; viper.
Several Of The Highest Mountains In Asia And Africa
Name of Mountain. | Where Located. | Feet High. | Miles High. |
Mt. Everest.................... | Southern Asia, Himalaya Mts............... | 29,000 | 5 1/2 |
Mt. Kinchinginga................ | Southern Asia, Himalaya Mts............... | 28,178 | 5 1/3 |
Mt. Dhawala-giri................... | Southern Asia, Himalaya Mts............... | 28,000 | 5 1/4 |
Mt. Choumalarie................ | Southern Asia, Himalaya Mts.............. | 23,929 | 4 1/2 |
Mt. Hindoo-Koh................ | Southern Asia, Hindoo-Coosh Mts | 20,230 | 3 3/4 |
Mt. Kenia..................... | East Africa, Zanguebar.................... | 20,000 | 3 3/4 |
Thian-Shan Mts................ | Shantung, Northeast china................. | 20,000 | 3 3/4 |
Mt. Kilamandjaro............... | East Africa, Zanguebar.................... | 20,000 | 3 3/4 |
Kuen-Lun..................... | China, North of Thibet.................... | 18,000 | 3 1/3 |
Mt. Ararat.................... | Armenia, in Asia........................ | 17.310 | 3 1/4 |
Mt. Kliutshewskja............. | Kamschatka, Northern Asia................ | 15,763 | 3 |
Mt. Abba Jared................ | N. Abyssinia, S.W. of Hayda............... | 15,000 | 2 3/4 |
Mt. Demavend................. | N. Persia, 40 miles E. of Teheran........... | 14,700 | 2 3/4 |
Name of Mountain. | Where Located. | Feet High. | Miles High. |
Cameroon Mts............. | western Africa, Lower Guinea............. | 13,000 | 2 1/2 |
Mt. Arjish.................. | Province of Angora, Turkey, Asia | 13,000 | 2 1/2 |
Peak of Teneriffe............ | East of Africa, Canary Isles............... | 13,183 | 2 1/3 |
Soliman Mts................ | Hindostan, Southern Asia................. | 12,000 | 2 1 / 4 |
Labanon Mts................ | Eastern Syria, West of Damascus.......... | 12,000 | 2 1 / 4 |
Mt. Miltsin...... | Morocco, Northeastern Africa............. | 11,400 | 2 1/8 |
Red Mts........ | Madagascar, East of South Africa | 11,000 | 2 |
Altai Mts....... | Between China and Russia................ | 10,300 | 1 7/8 |
Mt. Spitzkop..... | Cape Colonv, South Africa............... | 10,350 | 1 7/8 |
Taurns Mts...... | Northwest Turkey in Asia................ | 10,000 | 1 3/4 |
Mt. Hermon................. | Suria, West of Damascus................. | 10,000 | 1 3/4 |
Mt. Sinai....... | N. W. Arabia, S. of Jerusalem............. | 7,492 | 1 1/3 |
Table Mountain............. | Cape Colony, South Africa................ | 3,672 | 2/3 |
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