The international geography . g at le Mossi (1887-89). 2 vols. Paris, Dubois. Tombouctou. Paris, 1896, and translation, Timbuctoo the Mystericus. London, Foureau. Au Sahara. Paris, 1897.— Toutee. Dahome, Niger, Touareg. Paris, L. Monteil. De Saint-Louis a Tripoli par le lac Tchad. Paris, 1895 III.—LIBERIA By Edward Hea\vood, Exterrt and Surface.—The Negro Republic of Liberia occupies abc^300 miles of the Guinea coast immediately to the west of Cape Palmas, tiiepoint at which the rounding off of the western limb of Africa begins. SierraLeone lies to the west, while
The international geography . g at le Mossi (1887-89). 2 vols. Paris, Dubois. Tombouctou. Paris, 1896, and translation, Timbuctoo the Mystericus. London, Foureau. Au Sahara. Paris, 1897.— Toutee. Dahome, Niger, Touareg. Paris, L. Monteil. De Saint-Louis a Tripoli par le lac Tchad. Paris, 1895 III.—LIBERIA By Edward Hea\vood, Exterrt and Surface.—The Negro Republic of Liberia occupies abc^300 miles of the Guinea coast immediately to the west of Cape Palmas, tiiepoint at which the rounding off of the western limb of Africa begins. SierraLeone lies to the west, while the north and east are surrounded by FrenchWest Africa. Liberia is entirely confined to the basins of the coaststreams (the chief of which is the St. Paul), nowhere extending quite 150miles into the interior. The coast is, as a rule, high, the series of lagoons socharacteristic of the more eastern coasts of Guinea being here but slightlydeveloped, owing possibly to the greater exposure to the Atlantic gales. » To 9° N. 960 The International Geography Behind a narrow strip of mangrove and pandanus swamps traversed bythe lower courses of the streams, the country rises in one or more stepswhich are marked by the occurrence of rapids in the rivers. The greaterpart of the surface appears to be covered by forest, for as the interiorfrontier is still undefmed, it is uncertain whether the republic includesany large area of the open plateaux of the Mandingo country. History and Government.—Liberia had its origin in a settlementof freed slaves—named Monrovia, in honour of the Unii;ed States president—formed by the American Colonisation Society in 1821. The territory wasgradually extended by the incorporation of successive strips of coast, andin 1847 the settlers were placed under a republicanconstitution. Treaties with native chiefs broughtlarge interior districts under the nominal pro-tectorate of the republic, but in 1894 the territorywas curtailed by the agreement with F
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