Africa and its inhabitants . s, was carried off byyellow fever. In one of the neighbouring cemeteries lie the remains of theexplorer, Richard Lander. Since 1859 Fernando-Po possesses a health resort, thefirst founded by the whites in the tropics. This is the village of Basileh, lying atan altitude of over 1,000 feet a little to the south of Santa-Isabel, and near a Bubivillage. In the neighbourhood are the principal cinchona plantations of theisland. Fernando-Po, j^ielded to the Spaniards by Portugal in 1778, was soon afterabandoned by them on account of its insalubrity. But their place was gr
Africa and its inhabitants . s, was carried off byyellow fever. In one of the neighbouring cemeteries lie the remains of theexplorer, Richard Lander. Since 1859 Fernando-Po possesses a health resort, thefirst founded by the whites in the tropics. This is the village of Basileh, lying atan altitude of over 1,000 feet a little to the south of Santa-Isabel, and near a Bubivillage. In the neighbourhood are the principal cinchona plantations of theisland. Fernando-Po, j^ielded to the Spaniards by Portugal in 1778, was soon afterabandoned by them on account of its insalubrity. But their place was graduallytaken by the English, without, however, claiming possession of the island, and iu1827 Clarence Town became one of their chief stations for the suppression of theslave trade. But fearing England might permanently annex the island, Spainresumed possession in 1845. A small garrison occupies the forts, some Spanishmissionaries are engaged in evangelising the blacks, and political offenders areoften interned in the
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