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ground into fine flour, or it is soaked, dried, and pounded in a 

 mortar. This flour is used to thicken stews or palm-oil soup. 

 A very favourite vegetable dish is the truly delicious "palm 

 cabbage " (Vai, boro). This is the heart of the oil palm, and 

 its extraction kills the tree. A sort of spinach is made from 



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Showmg circular clay houses, platform for drying grain, and lofty (?) fetish poles 



various leaves, especially those of the shrub Portulaca. ' Away 

 from the coast, the small sweet banana, which was probably 

 introduced from America, is not met with : the plantain or long 

 banana is the only kind, and as a matter of fact no traveller 

 seems to note any abundance of banana groves. Although the 



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