Liberia <•' 



the Muhammadan period, brought thither by the spreading 

 civilisation of Egypt. It is doubtful, however, whether weaving 



403. A GIKL FROM THE CENTRAL ST. PAUL'S RIVER, 

 WITH HAND FISHING-NKT 



had penetrated into any part of Negroland before the uprising 

 of Islam forced so much of Eastern culture into Africa, for in 

 those days, before the eighth or ninth century, what was there 



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