Africa and its inhabitants . Last of Gr-eenwicl- 5°-i0 0to64Feet. Depths. 64 to 640Feet. 640 Feet andupwards. 12 lines. Avon, an inland sea 1,200 square miles in extent, and so called from the Englishvessel which surveyed this coast in 1846. But the size of the Haho, as the nativescall it, from its chief influent, has been strangely exaggerated, for it is scarcelymore than 6 miles long in any direction. The Nokhwe, or Lake Denham, west ofPorto-Novo, is also much smaller than it appears on the maps, while the largestof all these coast lagoons is Ikoradu, which with its numerous ramifications ha
Africa and its inhabitants . Last of Gr-eenwicl- 5°-i0 0to64Feet. Depths. 64 to 640Feet. 640 Feet andupwards. 12 lines. Avon, an inland sea 1,200 square miles in extent, and so called from the Englishvessel which surveyed this coast in 1846. But the size of the Haho, as the nativescall it, from its chief influent, has been strangely exaggerated, for it is scarcelymore than 6 miles long in any direction. The Nokhwe, or Lake Denham, west ofPorto-Novo, is also much smaller than it appears on the maps, while the largestof all these coast lagoons is Ikoradu, which with its numerous ramifications hasgiven the Portuguese name of Lagos, or the Lakes, to the town at its seaward THE SLA-S-E COAST. 259 eutranco. These lagoons form a continuous waterway, which might be easily. m ?ddc naviffablo all the wav from the mouth of the to thi Ni^-or dolta. 260 WEST AFEICA. Steamers already ply for a distance of about 40 miles between Badagry and Lagos,and in 1876 one of these ascended to the neighbourhood of Abomey, by the riverWhemi (Owo), which has a mean depth of 13 feet, and falls into Lake Denhamnorth of the Kotonu channel. In its flora and fauna the Slave Coast forms a simple continuation of the GoldCoast. Its climate, with a mean temperature of about 78 F. and two dry andtwo wet seasons, is regarded as the most salubrious on the whole seaboard betweenthe Senegal and the Congo. Europeans have hitherto escaped the attacks of suchepidemics as yellow fever, small-pox, or typhus ; but they have still to dread themarsh fevers, especially during the early days of their residence in the most dangerous period is the close of the heavy rainy season, when theground reeks and the atmosphere is charged with miasmatic exhalations. Inhabitants. Notwith
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