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TOWARDS the end of last century it appeared as if England had lost her well earned supremacy in geological research in Africa. In Germany, elaborate treatises dealing sometimes with her own African colonies exclusively, and sometimes with that of neighbouring British territory, monthly and almost weekly appeared. French geologists, too, produced essay after essay on their African colonies and possessions. Meanwhile, England was apparently content to lag behind.
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G., W. The Geology of South Africa 1 . Nature 72, 346–347 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/072346a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/072346a0