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climate ought to be well suited to its growth, the banana does 



not take any important place as a staple ot food in Liberia. In 



all probability, as no form of the edible banana is really in- 



digeiKHis to Africa, it has scarcely penetrated as a cultivated 

 plant into all the recesses of the Liberian forests. 



390 NVENliWOUOKE, A VILLAGE ON THE LIBEKLVN BANK OF THE CAVAILA KIVEK 



(KETIEBO country) 



Fish^ ot course, makes a very good second to vegetable food 

 in the diet of the coast tribes, anci dried and smoked fish make 

 their way a certain distance inland as an article ot trade. P'ish 

 are also procured from the rivers, and are a favourite article of 

 diet throughout the country, except in such rare instances^ as 



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