Liberia 



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and bastions, however, being very thin. The houses were 

 of clay, and circular in shape, with high-pitched, thatched 

 roofs. The Mandingo carried on a good deal of careful 

 agriculture, and were already in touch with the north, 

 since they grew onions amongst their vegetables, which had 

 come to them from the Arabs. Their country, despite its 

 parched appearance, was well suited for the cattle that grazed 

 in large herds in the vicinity of the towns. It was also a great 



204. THE ST. PAUL'S RIVER ABOVE THE RAPIDS 



horse-breeding district, the horses kept being of two varieties 

 — large for use as pack animals, and smaller and very fiery for 

 war cavalry. The Mandingo women made a plentiful display 

 of gold ornaments, and informed Anderson that their gold came 

 from the country to the north-east. 



The explorations of Hostains, d'Ollone, and WoelfFel have 

 carried the forest region of Liberia and of the Ivory Coast much 

 farther to the north than we had supposed it to exist from the 



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