Africa and its inhabitants . the debt, imposed onthe state by some dishonest speculators, is relatively heavy, amounting in 1897 to£264,000. Liberia is at present divided into four counties : Mesurado, Grand Bassa, Sinu, THE IVORY COAST. 229 and Marj^and. Until 1860 the last mentioned was a free Negro colony, forming aseparate republic under the patronage of a Iniltimore society, liut bince unionwith Liberia it is administered by a superintendent, who is charged with theduty of gradually assimilating the local institutions to those of the other are again subdivided into tow
Africa and its inhabitants . the debt, imposed onthe state by some dishonest speculators, is relatively heavy, amounting in 1897 to£264,000. Liberia is at present divided into four counties : Mesurado, Grand Bassa, Sinu, THE IVORY COAST. 229 and Marj^and. Until 1860 the last mentioned was a free Negro colony, forming aseparate republic under the patronage of a Iniltimore society, liut bince unionwith Liberia it is administered by a superintendent, who is charged with theduty of gradually assimilating the local institutions to those of the other are again subdivided into townships, defined, as in tho United States, bygeometrical lines, and each averaging 3 square miles in extent. Ivory Coast—Gkand —Assini. East of Cape Palmas the coast-linedevelops a curve of surprising regularitystretching for 370 miles eastward to Cape Three Points. The greater part ofthis gently curved seaboard takes the name of the Ivory Coast, and also that of Rg. 99.—Ditch or Little 1: I!! the Leeward, in contradistinction to tho Windward Coast, exposed to the fury ofthe Atlantic storms. It is divided by no prominent natural landmarks intodistinct regions; nor were the political frontiers clearly laid down till 1X!»1, whenthe French occupied the whole of the Ivory Coast, about 1<H» miles in extent,between Liberia and her settlements on the Gold Coast. This territory extendsinland to the Kong region, which is now also held by the French. The rest of the seaboard, stretching for 120 miles between the San-Pedro and 280 WEST APEIOA. Lahu rivers, comprises the French settlements of the Gold Coast (Grand Bassam,Assini, Grand Lahu, and Jackeville), which for administrative pui-poses areattached to the Colony of the Rivieres du Sud. Apart from the seaboard andthe summits of the hills visible from the shore, little of this region was knownbefore Captain Singers expedition of 1890-92. Due north of the Ivory Coastwere formerly supposed to
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