. 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 . powerful, now subject to the Fulah empireof Massina. The negroes are dall andunfriendly. The chief centres of this regionare the famous Timbuktu, Gogo, and, 180 milesfarther down the liver, Garu and Siitder, andfarther on Sal. The Ij^pcr Niger is inhabitedby Mandingans and Bambarra, who are brokenup into a large number of petty independentStates. The people
. 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 . powerful, now subject to the Fulah empireof Massina. The negroes are dall andunfriendly. The chief centres of this regionare the famous Timbuktu, Gogo, and, 180 milesfarther down the liver, Garu and Siitder, andfarther on Sal. The Ij^pcr Niger is inhabitedby Mandingans and Bambarra, who are brokenup into a large number of petty independentStates. The people are mostly industrious,skilful, and su]ieistitious. The C. ]\I. S and^Vesleyan Methodist in Hausaland, and theUnited Prcsljyteriau Church of Scotland in OldCalabar, are the missionary societies repre-?-^ented The Shirr toi/.s, so called from its sad promi-nence in the slave traftic, stretches from theNiger Delta to the Volta IJiver, with indeflniteboundaries inland. It includes (1) Iomba,(2i Porto Novo, (3) Dahomey, (4) Great Popoand ., and (5\ Little Popo and \.rca, perliai)s ( square miles, with 3,(100,.iHjd of i)eople. Britain, Germany, Fraiu-e, andPortugal share the territory. The ancient line iD. \ : .asiiantef;. o !,;.? sV)«S /Z**^;-** O 10 11
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