Index 



population in 1880, 274 ; attitude 

 towards Great Britain, 275, 278 ; 

 Sir Arthur Havelock's action, 278 ; 

 Anglo-Liberian Treaty of 1885, 279- 

 80 ; French aggression, 282 ; treaty 

 with France (1892), 283-4; L. and 

 the Kruboy question, 294-7 ; ^ pl^a 

 for patience and consideration, 304 ; 

 boundary with British possessions, 

 305 ; with France, 305-6 ; L. joins 

 Convention for preservation of big 

 game, etc., 310 ; position of indi- 

 genous Negroes in L., 315 ; revenue 

 and expenditure, 1904, 335-6 ; civi- 

 lisation of, 346 ; racial composition 

 of American settlers, 346-7 ; towns 

 and population of L. (Americo- 

 Liberian), 371-2 ; religious, educa- 

 tional, political establishments, 374 

 et seq. ; national anthem, 394-6 ; 

 commerce of L., 398-428 ; coffee 

 plantations of, 402 ; rainfall, 500, 502 

 et seq. ; geology and minerals of L., 

 513 et seq. ; dense forests of L., 

 534-72 ; flora of L., 570 et seq. ; 

 fauna of L., 670 et seq. ; characteristic 

 features of, 673 ; mammals of, 754-7 ; 

 birds of, 758 et seq., 785, 787 et seq. ; 

 reptiles of, 807 et seq. ; poisonous 

 snakes of, 807-12 ; fish of, 824 et 

 seq. ; molluscs, 839 ; worms, 841 ; 

 crustaceans, 842 ; spiders, insects, 

 etc., 847 et seq., 849 ; anthropology 

 and native tribes of, 884 et seq. ; 

 folklore, 1083 et seq. ; languages, 

 1 09 1 et seq., 1136 ei seq. 



I^iberia and West Africa, 392 



Liberia College, 140, 236, 365, 368-9, 381-4 



Liberian Consul-General, London, 259 



Liberian Development Chartered Com- 

 pany, 300, 5 18, 571 



" Liberia Herald," 150, 160 



Liberian Rubber Corporation, 412, 417, 

 420, 428, 452 



LiBERiANS, Americo-, 7 ; struggle with 

 natives on Nov. ii, 1822, 138 et seq. ; 

 relations with indigenous negroes, 219, 

 275, 298-9, 301, 315, 884; numbers 

 in 1853, 233 ; explorations of, 238-9, 

 252-4 ; antiquated system of spelling. 



253; numbers of: in 1880, 274; in 

 1904, 340 ; in 1906, 371-2 ; character 

 of early immigrants, 341 ; civilisation- 

 of Americo-Liberians, 346 ; racial 

 composition of, 346-7; their virtues, 

 347 ; their faults, 347-8, 354-5 ; New- 

 England ideals, 363 ; advised to be- 

 come Africans, 363 ; names for local 

 birds, beasts, etc., 366, 677, 681, 685, 

 702, 704, 734, 739, 747, 751, 776, 779,. 

 812, 815; their coffee plantations, 

 402 ; fondness for trade, 426 ; love of 

 flowers, 444 ; neglect of sanitary re- 

 gulations, 444-8 ; predilection for 

 pig-keeping, 448 ; their growth of 

 hair on head and face, 942 



LiBERiANS (Native), early intercourse of,, 

 with foreigners, 41 et seq., 68, 81, 91, 

 102 ; their present numbers and tribal 

 divisions, 884-7 ', cleanliness, 952, 

 1008 ; habit of lice-eating, 954 ;. 

 nudity, 954 ; clothing, 956-60 ; food,. 

 988-92, 994-1000 ; agriculture, 1000- 

 2 ; industries and manufactures, ioo8' 

 et seq. ; fishing, hunting, 1024 ; music, 

 1026; transport, 1027; initiation cere- 

 monies, 1029 et seq. ; marriage cus- 

 toms, 1038 et seq. ; immorality, 1040 

 et seq. ; children of, 1050 et seq. ; life 

 of the natives, untouched by civilisa- 

 tion, 1054 ; death customs, 1055 ef 

 seq. ; burial customs, 1058-9 ; religi- 

 ous beliefs, 1061-3 ; medicine, witch- 

 craft, 1064 et seq., ordeals, 1065 et 

 seq.; kings and chiefs, 1072 et seq.; 

 laws, 1073-5; slavery, 1079 et seq.;: 

 folklore, 1083; belief in demons and 

 spirits, 1089 ; totemism, logo ; lan- 

 guages, 1 09 1 et seq. 



Libyan race (Tamasheq, Tawareq), 28, 

 33, 342, 892 



Lighthouse, Cape Mesurado, 157, 446 



Lime (for building), 840 



Limes (Citrus), 423, 569, 584 



Limonite, 518 



Lion, the, 90, 699, 701, 1090 



Lissochilus, 544 



Listrostachys, 543-4 



Literary Societies, 390 



" Little Ben " (ship), 193 



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