Liberia ^ 



Between the Cestos River and the Sanguin there is the 

 important native town of Rock Cess. All this part of the 

 coast is dangerous from rocks and reefs, one of which bears 

 the Portuguese name of Diabolitos, or " Little Devils." The 

 Sanguin River is the eastern boundary of Basa County. It 

 is a stream of some size, which rises in the Nidi Mountains 

 and flows through the Sikon country. East of the Sanguin 

 mouth on the coast is Bafu Point, a notable promontory, and 

 eastwards of this again are the Tuba and Butu Rivers, with 

 various Butu villages between, villages which are also supposed 

 to have been sites of Norman settlements. 



The entrance to the Sanguin River is, like so many other 

 ports on the coast of Liberia, beset with rocks above and 

 below water, some of which might be blown up and others 

 marked by buoys. But from the south, with a turn to the 

 east, there is a fairly clear entrance over a bar which is 

 better than the bars of most Liberian rivers, inasmuch as it 

 has from nine to ten feet of water in the shallowest part at 

 lowest tide. The long spit of land, which is called Wilson 

 Point, should form an excellent protection against the surf 

 inside the bar, and there are distinct possibilities therefore 

 about the Sanguin River as a future port of some importance. 



The Sanguin River is the western boundary of the Sino 

 County, named after the Sino River, which was also called 

 by the Portuguese Rio Sao Vicente or Rio Duke. Sino 

 is a native name, either for the river in its lower course 

 or for the district, which was noted by the Portuguese as 

 far back as the sixteenth century.^ 



To those who are greedy of sensational experiences I 

 recommend a landing at the mouth of the Sino River at a 



^ The pronunciation of this word should be Sino, very like the English " snow.' 

 It is more convenient — once this is understood — to spell the word Sino. 



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