The international geography . usaland. London, 1896. J. Thomson. Mungo Park. (Worlds Great Explorer Series.) London, 189a S. Vandeleur. Campaigning on the Upper Nile and Niger. London, 1898; VI.—GERMAN WEST AFRICA By Graf von Pfeil. Togo.—The colony of Togo has not quite 60 miles of coast, which, run-ning almost east and west near the west end of the Bight of Benin, consistsof a narrow low strip of yellow sand. Behind this a belt of forest separatesthe sea coast from the long lagoon which runs parallel to nearly the wholelength of it. Some distance further inland there is a lake, which must be
The international geography . usaland. London, 1896. J. Thomson. Mungo Park. (Worlds Great Explorer Series.) London, 189a S. Vandeleur. Campaigning on the Upper Nile and Niger. London, 1898; VI.—GERMAN WEST AFRICA By Graf von Pfeil. Togo.—The colony of Togo has not quite 60 miles of coast, which, run-ning almost east and west near the west end of the Bight of Benin, consistsof a narrow low strip of yellow sand. Behind this a belt of forest separatesthe sea coast from the long lagoon which runs parallel to nearly the wholelength of it. Some distance further inland there is a lake, which must beconsidered as belonging to the lagoon system. There is no harbour onthe coast and landing is rather difficult through the heavy surf, the Kalema, which breaks upon the coast all the year round. Togo has anumber of rivers ; two, which nearly form the eastern and western ^ Having no personal knowledge of Togo the author has consulted mainly theMittheilungen aus den Deutschen Schutzgebieten, and other works cited at the German West Africa 973 boundaries, the Mono and Volta, are of considerable size, and the latter is navigable in some part of its upper course. Two ranges of mountains traverse Togo from south-west to north-east, and form the hilly southern border of the plateau of the western Sudan. The plateau is an undulating prairie with a slight incline towards the west, and with little vegetation beyond tall grass. Vegetation on the coast is remarkable for the oil-palm, wild coffee, shea-butter tree, rubber plants, baobab and a very good quality of ebony. The climate is not healthy; it possesses the character of the southern hemisphere, the hottest months being December and January, the least warm July and August. There are no people of Bantu race in this colony, whose inhabitants belong exclusively to the Sudanese tribes. On the coast fetishism is preva- ., ^ . ^, r-, ^ ^ ^i ^ tlG. 462.—The Flag of the lent, while in the north Mohammedanism is rapidly German Prote
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