-^ Recent History 



be very unsafe for a well-to-do person to appear, flourishing 

 signs of wealth on his person and without the escort of the 

 police. 



In 1903, during President Gibson's tenure of office the 

 Anglo-Liberian boundary had been demarcated locally from the 



88. A MANDINGO HEADMAN FROM THE UUKWIA RIVER 



mouth of the Mano River to Tembi Kunda. In 1904 President 

 Barclay strove to have the same needful work carried out by 

 a Franco-Liberian commission so that the northern and eastern 

 boundaries of the Liberian Republic might be fixed from the 

 vicinity of Tembi Kunda to the mouth of the Cavalla River. 

 Between 1898 and 1900 a very remarkable journey of explora- 

 tion had been accomplished which, while adding greatly to our 

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