Liberia ^ 



eastwards) is the mouth of the St. Paul's River. The native 

 name of this, the second longest and perhaps the most important 

 river of the Liberian Republic, is the De in its lower course, 

 and (it is said) the Diani higher up. Taking the source of the 

 Diani to be the ultimate origin of the St. Paul's River, that 

 stream may be said to rise in about S"" 55' N. Lat., on 

 the Mandingo Plateau, within a few miles of the sources ot 

 streams flowing to the Niger or to the River Moa or Makona.' 



167. AT ROBERTSPORT, CAPE MOUNT) 



The approximate length of the St. Paul's River, if .its source 

 (Diani) has been accurately fixed by French surveyors, is about 

 two hundred and eighty miles. It receives several important 



1 A river of Eastern Sierra Leone known as the Sulima in its lower course. 

 The Moa has many affluents rising in and flowing from the north-western part of 

 Liberian territory, through the Mandingo country. It is curious to note that one 

 of the most important of these affluents which rises near Tembi Kunda is known 

 by the name of Meli. It would be interesting if it should turn out to be gold- 

 bearing in its sands, as in this part of Africa, according to tradition, was situated 

 the River of Gold of the Meli kingdom so long sought for by the early explorers, 



