Africa and its inhabitants . n hundred or eight hundredmen have ever arrived of their own accord. Women are so rare that their presenceis looked upon as a proof of heroism. This, of course, is due to the dangerouscharacter of the climate, which, speaking broadly, is fatal to Europeans of weakconstitution and to all who do not pay the strictest attention to diet and sanitaryprecautious. To the numerous local endemics are occasionally added violentepidemics, such as cholera and especially yellow fever, which latter has brokenout six times since 1830, usually carrying off over one-half of the Fre
Africa and its inhabitants . n hundred or eight hundredmen have ever arrived of their own accord. Women are so rare that their presenceis looked upon as a proof of heroism. This, of course, is due to the dangerouscharacter of the climate, which, speaking broadly, is fatal to Europeans of weakconstitution and to all who do not pay the strictest attention to diet and sanitaryprecautious. To the numerous local endemics are occasionally added violentepidemics, such as cholera and especially yellow fever, which latter has brokenout six times since 1830, usually carrying off over one-half of the French residentsin the coast towns. Although certain partial experiments have succeeded, as, for instance, theconstruction of the railway from Dakar to Saint-Louis by European navvies, wemust stiU repeat with Berenger-Feraud that the acclimatisation of the French inSenegal is a chimera. Until some infallible specifics are discovered against miasmaand yellow fever, and health resorts established on the Futa-Jallon uplands. Euro-. M id ft. < I iS 8 TRADE OP SENEGAL. 151 peans can only be temporary residents in Senegambia. The vital statistics between1843 and 1847 show that amongst them the mortality is fourfold the then matters have not mended, and French society has still to be maintainedat Saint-Louis, Dakar, and Eufisquc by the constant arrival of fresh the Eurafricans, or French half-castes, have failed to esljiblish tliemselves asan independent community in the country. After four centuries of occupation thisclement is very slight, and the statistics carefully collected by scientific medicalmen clearly show that the offspring of mixed alliances bom on the seaboardfrequently die young, while the luiions of the survivors are mostly childless. Fewfamilies have survived to the fourth generation, although M. Corre has shown thatin Saint-Louis the proportion of births over deaths in this section of the communitywas seven to four. In Senegambia no Cre
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