Africa . % >- •»* FERXANDO PO /^ /V^mi;io / f.\MnUe U. oliinii-tx. Man/o-rdls Of^f^^ fistaiT GOLD COAST, LAGOS, NK;ER DELTA &c U. icalo of English Sumte Uilea. O THE GUINEA COAST. 121 floor being used for trading purposes, the upper part asresidences. The Government house, barracks, and hospitalare on this line, which enjoys most of the sea breeze, andbetween it and the water grow wide-spreading india-rubberand silk-cotton trees, affording shady retreats. A multi-tude of seemingly half-dressed black people crowd themarket, and business is carried on amidst a babel oflanguages shouted and ye
Africa . % >- •»* FERXANDO PO /^ /V^mi;io / f.\MnUe U. oliinii-tx. Man/o-rdls Of^f^^ fistaiT GOLD COAST, LAGOS, NK;ER DELTA &c U. icalo of English Sumte Uilea. O THE GUINEA COAST. 121 floor being used for trading purposes, the upper part asresidences. The Government house, barracks, and hospitalare on this line, which enjoys most of the sea breeze, andbetween it and the water grow wide-spreading india-rubberand silk-cotton trees, affording shady retreats. A multi-tude of seemingly half-dressed black people crowd themarket, and business is carried on amidst a babel oflanguages shouted and yelled, for representatives ofmany tribes come thither from long distances by theGambia. The native dwellings are QheajDly constructedof uprights fixed in the sand, covered by strips of bamboo,and roofed with palm leaves. The tall Mandingoes,Joloffs, and men of other tribes, having laid aside theirwalking robes, extend their noble forms on the sand,surrounded by women and children laughing andsqualling. At night they organise festi\dties; drums arebeaten, the elegant tom-tom is heard, dance and revelryare combined until long aft
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