Africa and its inhabitants . ish and Frenchterritories on the Gold and Slave Coasts has also been advanced beyond 1 N. lat., AFRHA II. t 200 WEST AFRICA 80 that the Germaa colony of Togoland, af? recognised by various internationaltreaties, comprised in 1899 an area of over 23,000 square miles, with an estimatedpopulation of 2,500,000. Inland the country is hilly, with long stretches ofscrub, woodlands, and dry plains, alternating with arable tracts which yield richcrops of maize, yams, tapioca, and bananas, while oil-palms, rubber, and dye-woods abound in the forests. Togo, the capital, comjj
Africa and its inhabitants . ish and Frenchterritories on the Gold and Slave Coasts has also been advanced beyond 1 N. lat., AFRHA II. t 200 WEST AFRICA 80 that the Germaa colony of Togoland, af? recognised by various internationaltreaties, comprised in 1899 an area of over 23,000 square miles, with an estimatedpopulation of 2,500,000. Inland the country is hilly, with long stretches ofscrub, woodlands, and dry plains, alternating with arable tracts which yield richcrops of maize, yams, tapioca, and bananas, while oil-palms, rubber, and dye-woods abound in the forests. Togo, the capital, comjjrises five villages standing close together in a forest ofcocoa-nut palms on the north side of the chief lagoon. Be, the fetish town of theTogo natives, lies ranch farther west, near the British frontier, and within 2 milesof the coast. The neighbouring village of Biasse is inhabited chiefly by manu-facturers of fetishes and earthenware. Some, the chief market in Togo, is quite a Fig-. 117.—Tooo 1 : 830, otoie Feet. Depths. 16 to 50Feet. 50 to 64Feet.
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