^ President Roberts 



suitable for this purpose : Seymore ^ and Ash. They left for 

 the interior early in 1858, and travelled for six months. 



A description of their journey, in which they are supposed 

 to have reached a place called Kwanga, two hundred and eighty 

 miles distant from Monrovia, is given in the Proceedings of 

 the Royal Geographical Society for i860. The journey was 

 in no sense a scientific one, and no means were taken to map 

 the route. Kwanga can no longer be identified on the map 

 (it is probably the Mandingo state of Kwana) ; but the travellers 



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describe with emphasis the high mountains which they reached. 

 There is little doubt that they made a considerable journey 

 and reached the great mountain mass of Nimba, where the Cavalla 

 River takes its source. 



In 1858 the first hospital (St. Mark's) was founded at 

 Cape Palmas. 



Throughout this decade, from 1850 to i860, increasing 

 trouble was experienced by the State in controlling the natives, 

 especially on the Kru coast, when sailing ships or steamers 



' The name is sometimes spelt Seymour. 

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