Africa and its inhabitants . cask of br^eenvvicti b so Depths. OtoSOFett. W Fwt andupwaids. .^—. 12 Uiles. blue waters is mirrored the foliage of the surrounding orange-groves. The denseand sombre woods of the interior are contrasted lower down by a girdle of moredelicate verdure, consisting of palms and bananas. The vordaut aspect of the island gives proof of a much more copious rainfallthan in St. llcleua, and if Anuobou is drier than the more northern members of no WEST AFRICA. Fig. 43.—Cascade or Blv-Blf, on the Aooa fiKAxpF. the Capital of SAii-TnoM*.. the group, It is also far mor
Africa and its inhabitants . cask of br^eenvvicti b so Depths. OtoSOFett. W Fwt andupwaids. .^—. 12 Uiles. blue waters is mirrored the foliage of the surrounding orange-groves. The denseand sombre woods of the interior are contrasted lower down by a girdle of moredelicate verdure, consisting of palms and bananas. The vordaut aspect of the island gives proof of a much more copious rainfallthan in St. llcleua, and if Anuobou is drier than the more northern members of no WEST AFRICA. Fig. 43.—Cascade or Blv-Blf, on the Aooa fiKAxpF. the Capital of SAii-TnoM*.. the group, It is also far more salubrious. Yet it has never become a European ^ SAM-THOMi;. Ill colony, and all its three thousand inhabitants are Negroes or people of colour,descended from shipwrecked sailors or sl;ives introduced by the first Portugueseoccupiers. They are devout Catholics, or, at least, observers of the outwardforms of the Church. Sam-Antonio da Praia, the chief village of this little blackrepublic, lies on the north side, where it supplies passing vessels with water, woodand fruit, especially exquisite oranges. I Sam-Thome. Sam-Thome (Saint Thomas), like others, is of oval fonn, but much largerthan Aunobon, covering an area of 370 square miles. There appear to havebeen several centres of eruption, the profile showing not one dominating cone, butseveral lofty peaks, such as the central, Santa-Anna dc Chaves, and Sam-Thomeon the west side, which rises to a height of 7,000 feet, or a little more than itsrival. The peak, whose wooded slopes have been scaled by
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