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have made quite broad roads for a considerable distance from 

 village to village. 



This eastern half of Liberia is perhaps the most mountainous 

 part of the country. The highest summit of Mount Druple, 

 which lies a few miles outside the LIberlan frontier on the extreme 

 Upper Cavalla, has an altitude estimated by Woelffel to be 

 3,000 metres (9,840 feet). Of course this Is mere guesswork, 



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as Is the similar estimate of 2,000 metres (6,560 feet) for the 

 highest point In the NImba mountain mass. Still, both altitudes 

 are conceivable, as the French travellers who have passed In 

 this direction seem to have bsen much Impressed with the 

 loftiness of these mountains. Captain d'Ollone even hints 

 that there may be higher peaks than the two mentioned about 

 the upper waters of the St. Paul's River and Its numerous 

 affluents. He caught fleeting glimpses of masses towering above 



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