. The Encyclopaedia of missions. Descriptive, historical, biographical, statistical. With a full assortment of maps, a complete bibliography, and lists of Bible version, missionary societies, mission stations, and a general index . ;, U L F ^ iV H I ? \-\^ r--.^ . j*^,,^^ ? NE « LIBERIA^RGED, WESTERN SOUDAN. 10 11 LiiDKiludc ATRIOA 37 AFRICA of the continent now lies about 50 miles inland,and this strip of modern coast line, defendedhy sand-banks and washed by a series of lagoons,gently rises toward the inland plateaus, wherepeaks are found G,71I0 feet high. The land thenfalls rapidly toward t
. The Encyclopaedia of missions. Descriptive, historical, biographical, statistical. With a full assortment of maps, a complete bibliography, and lists of Bible version, missionary societies, mission stations, and a general index . ;, U L F ^ iV H I ? \-\^ r--.^ . j*^,,^^ ? NE « LIBERIA^RGED, WESTERN SOUDAN. 10 11 LiiDKiludc ATRIOA 37 AFRICA of the continent now lies about 50 miles inland,and this strip of modern coast line, defendedhy sand-banks and washed by a series of lagoons,gently rises toward the inland plateaus, wherepeaks are found G,71I0 feet high. The land thenfalls rapidly toward the northern steppes. Theseaward rivers, of which the Ogun, rising ISOmiles inland, is the principal one, are not large,and in the dry seasons lose themselves in thecoastlagoons. The climate is salubrious, exceptfor the marsh fevers which prevail, ospecially atthe close of the rainy seasons. It has two dryand two wet seasons ; mean temperature, 79\The cultivated lands of the interior are separatedfrom the coast lagoons by dense forests ot gigan-tic timber. In the interior the forest growthsgive way largely to thickets and herbage. Palmsof several species, butter-trees, and the Kolaflourish. In the interior are found elephants,butfuloes, gazelles, wild boars, monkeys, and inthe rivers hippopotami, croc
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