Africa and its inhabitants . C -^ c* ^ r ?^ •/M,! ^> ^-1 ^ n i- no CJ ( /PsflWi! ?^^» y V. vVe^it or Lr°en^ ch . 3,300 Yards. Canarians, made their appearance towards the close of the last and beginning ofthe present century, and successfully introduced the cultivation of wheat on theupland slopes. In 1780 the slaves in Santo-Antam were declared free ; but thedecree passed unheeded, and the honour of their emancipation was reserved fora later generation. The inhabitants, nearh- all coloured, but sometimes with lighthair and blue ejes, are grouped chiefly in some villages near the north-east
Africa and its inhabitants . C -^ c* ^ r ?^ •/M,! ^> ^-1 ^ n i- no CJ ( /PsflWi! ?^^» y V. vVe^it or Lr°en^ ch . 3,300 Yards. Canarians, made their appearance towards the close of the last and beginning ofthe present century, and successfully introduced the cultivation of wheat on theupland slopes. In 1780 the slaves in Santo-Antam were declared free ; but thedecree passed unheeded, and the honour of their emancipation was reserved fora later generation. The inhabitants, nearh- all coloured, but sometimes with lighthair and blue ejes, are grouped chiefly in some villages near the north-east coast,and in the little town of Ribeira Grande on the same coast. On the neighbouringhills, from 3,000 to 4,000 feet high, the cultivation of cinchona has been introducedwith great success; nearly a thousand trees had already been planted in 1882. I!]
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