A Dutch Account of Liberia 



their uses : The Soap tree, the Kola nut, the Bombax, Parlnarium, 

 the Borassus, Oil, Raphia, and Coconut palms are all to be 

 identified in Dapper's descriptions. He is somewhat more 

 vague about the fauna. A large species of Pangolin or Scaly 

 Ant-eater (^Mams gigantea) is described and illustrated, with the 



36. DUTCH SKAMEN OF THE EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY LANDING ON THE 

 WEST AFRICAN COAST. AFTER LEVINUS HULSIUS 



suggestion that it is a relation of the crocodile. Its native name 

 is given as quoguelo. In describing the wild pigs it is rather 

 remarkable that Dapper distinguishes carefully between the red 

 bush swine (which he calls Couja^) and a gigantic species of 



' If, as is so common, the " u " in this word is a misprint for " n," and the "j" 

 lias its Dutch pronunciation, this word might read as Koriia, its actual form in Va 

 at the present time. 



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