Black and White Illustrations in Vol. I 



146. Native women manufacturing palm oil Note \ pf^^^ p^ by Mr. Cecil H^ 



the wooden trough like a canoe full ot - jr{y„„„ f 405 



palm oil V 



/ 



M )> I) 406-7 



Drawing by the Author . . 408 



Photograph by the Author . 409 

 Dratviiig by Miss Matilda Smith 411 



413 

 415 



Photograph by the Author . 417 



(Photograph by Mi: Harold\ „ 



\ Reynolds / 4i» 



Photograph by the Author . 419 

 Photograph by Mr. Crommelin 421 



147-9. Native ascending the trunk of oil palm in 

 order to collect palm kernels 



150. Young or small Raphia vinifera palm, to show 



inflorescence ...... 



151. Raphia vinifera — Piassava palms. Rice is 



growing below the palms . 



152. Dalbergia melanoxylon (producing ebony) 



153. Flowers and leaves of Cola acuminata (Kola 



nut) 



154. Fruit of the Cola acuminata (Kola nut) 



155. Weighing rubber at Greenville (Sino): Liberian 



Rubber Corporation .... 



156. Forester's house in interior (Rubber Corpora 



tion) 



157. Headquarters of the Liberian Rubber Cor^ 



poration, Monrovia .... 



158. A forester's camp ..... 



159. A dish of fruit from Liberia : pineapples, 



papaw, avocado pear, mangoes, orange, 



coconuts, and bananas . . . . Drawing by the Author . . 423 



160. 0.x-cart on Liberian road .... {^^^ti^'if^ ^^ ^"^ ^'""°"} 424 



161. " In the wet season these paths become canals" Photograph by the Author . 425 



162. A porter, Liberia (Photograph by Lieut. -Colonel^ 



^ ' \ Powney j 4^7 



163. Women porters Photograph by Mr. Crommelin 428 



164. Canoe-travelling : stopped by rapids . . ,, ,, ^^ 429 



165. A bush road near the Mano River . . (Photograph by Mr. Cecil H.'\ 



y Firmttt f ^-^J 



166. The shore of Fisherman Lake (Cape Mount) . Photograph by Herr Dinklage 435 



167. At Robertsport, Cape Mount .... .,3 



168. River scene on an affluent of the St. Paul's . Photograph by the Author . 439 



169. On the Poba River Photograph by Mr. I.E. Braham 440 



170. The St. Paul's River about seventy miles from 



the coast, in the region of its rapids and falls Photograph by the Author . 442 



171. The " Traveller's Tree " . 



' ■ ■ " " " 443 



172. Mangrove and pandanus swamp . ^^^ 



^ • (I (I )i 445 



173. The turfy streets and cattle of Monrovia 



174. A street in Monrovia 



175. Waterside vegetation : pandanus, mangrove, 

 palms 



447 

 449 



450 



176. Mangrove swamp: mangrove trees, showing (Photograph bv' Mr. Cecil H.\ 



^^"^I'-oots 1 Firmin " ) 451 



177. Forest on the landward edge of the Mesurado 



^^"'"^"'^ Photograph by the Author . 453 



