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affluents, so far as conjectural geography goes at present. One 

 of these is the River Nipwe or Tige, coming from the northern 

 slopes of the Nimba Mountains ; another is the River Tuma or 

 Toma. According to information collected by Mr. Harold 

 Reynolds, the Toma is the most important tributary of the 



ON THE POBA RIVER 



St. Paul's, and a river which should be navigable for some part 

 of its course. 



The considerable River Lofa which flows to the west of 

 the St. Paul's in its upper course is said by the natives to be 

 the " Little Cape Mount River," and not an affluent of the 

 Toma or St. Paul's. 



The River St. Paul was, as already stated, discovered and 

 named by the Portuguese on St. Paul's Day. It has a very 

 bad bar at its mouth, and would therefore be almost impossible 



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