. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ngoes and Bam-barras prevail, occupy-ing the large territoryknown as Futa-Jallon,from which most of thetribes of this coast taketheir rise. Into thishave penetrated largenumbers of Fulahs, orFellatahs, Fokumbahas been made a holycity by the Mahometans;Timbo is the principaltown. The Mandingoesare a fine negro type,—being tall, with long,frizzly hair, and of verydark complexio
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ngoes and Bam-barras prevail, occupy-ing the large territoryknown as Futa-Jallon,from which most of thetribes of this coast taketheir rise. Into thishave penetrated largenumbers of Fulahs, orFellatahs, Fokumbahas been made a holycity by the Mahometans;Timbo is the principaltown. The Mandingoesare a fine negro type,—being tall, with long,frizzly hair, and of verydark complexion. Pro-bably they number in allsix to eight millions. Toa large extent they areoutwardly may here break off to mention the Cape Verd Islands, about350 miles -west of Cape Verd, and belonging to Portugal. The populationCape Verd includes a number of pure negroes, but the majority areIslanders. European and African half-breeds, mostly ignorant and un-cleanly. They all profess Roman Catholicism, but retain many heathen-ish practices and superstitions. Agriculture is industriously carried on,together with weaving, and oil and sugar refining. But the entu-epopulation does not reach one hundred WOMEN OF SENEGAMBIA. THE WESTERN AFRICANS. 617 From the Gambia to the Liberian repubUc the British settlementsare numerous, and their influence extends over a wide tract of theinterior. Bathurst, Sierra Leone, Sherboro Island are among Britishthe chief settlements, having fine houses for the very few , and a crowded population of half-clad negroes, Mandingoes,Joloffs, etc., who live in simple huts of bamboos and palm leaves. SierraLeone has gone through many vicissitudes since its settlement in was long the seat of the disastrous efforts to build up a communityof the slaves captured from slave-traders, and set free by our ^^^^ ^^^^^naval forces; and their descendants form the bulk of thepopulation, and act as though they were the lords of
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