-^ Geography of Liberia 



ancient infusion of the Mandingo tribes, while others are 

 the most hideous examples of the broad-nosed, prognathous, 

 thick-lipped Guinea Negro. The principal river of the Basa 

 county is the St. John's (Portuguese, Sao Joao). This is also 

 known as the Hartford River, and a small western affluent is 

 called the Mechlin, after Dr. Mechlin, one of the founders 

 of Liberia, who did something to settle colonies in the Basa 

 country in 1830. The St. John's River rises, it is supposed. 



A ROAD NKAK THE ST. PAULS RIVP:R 



near the conjectural Mount Bo, on the western limits of the 

 Satro range. Midway along its course it flows past the important 

 Finley Mountains.^ 



There are considerable Liberian settlements at the mouth 

 of the St. John's, Edina, and Upper Buchanan. The pro- 

 montory of Grand Basa Point, together with certain reefs on 

 the coast, to some extent protect the anchorage in this bay 



' Named after Finley of the American Colonisation Society. 

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