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as it was, however, I was able to cover a considerable amount 
of the Protectorate and see something of the different types 
of country and study the various problems they present. For 
the interest and value to myself of the whole tour in the 
Cameroons and Nigeria my thanks are due, in the first place, to 
His Excellency Sir Hugh Clifford, not only for the welcome 
he gave me, but more especially for the ‘kind arrangements 
he made, through the officers of the Government of Nigeria, 
for the successful accomplishment of my objects. 
To the Supervisor of Plantations, Cameroons, Mr. F. Evans; 
the Acting Director of Agriculture. Southern Provinces, Mr. 
A. H. Kirby; the Director of Agriculture, Northern Provinces, 
Mr. P. H. Lamb, and _ his Superintendent, My Ke 7: Rae, 
am particularly indebted for all the help and assistance they 
gave me, and for their kindness in making it possible for me 
to see as much as possible of the country, and learn something 
of its agricultural possibilities and of the difficulties with which 
they have to conten 
Nor should I omit to record my indebtedness to the Residents 
and other political officers with whom it was my good fortune 
to come in close personal contact. The list of these would be 
unduly long, but, as in private duty bound, I must mention 
Captain G. Anderson, Resident, Cameroons, Mr. R. A. Hargrove, 
Resident, Calabar Province, and Captain W. A. Ross, Resident, 
Oyo Province, who were at special pains to make my tour of the 
greatest possible value. 
To Captain Ross, whose knowledge of the Yoruba country 
and sympathy with its peoples has been gained by a long residence 
in their midst, I am particularly indebted. Thanks to his 
kindness I was able to see the country from Ibadan to Oyo 
and Iseyin, and to gain a far more intimate knowledge of the 
_ Yorubas, their arts and ‘their industries than would otherwise 
have been possible. That these people are imbued with a strong 
artistic feeling and with a high degree of intelligence, which is 
also the case with the Hausas of the north, was clearly evident. 
This is no doubt true also with regard to some other of the 
native races of Nigeria with whom I was not able to come 
in contact. As to their artistic qualities the beauty of the 
native cloths woven and dyed with the native indigo (Loncho- 
carpus), inthe Yoruba country, the basket and mat making at 
Oyo, Iseyin, Bida, etc. the native pottery, made entirely 
without a potter’s wheel, perfectly formed and finished with a 
singular sense of grace and proportion, may be cited in evidence. 
That this is the case augurs well for the future development 
and progress of the country, especially in matters agricultural, 
and leads me to repeat what I have said earlier that success in 
promoting the agricultural prosperity of Nigeria will depend 
very largely on our appreciation of the fact that their knowledge, 
based as it is on long years of hard-won experience, is worthy 
of careful study. 
