Index 



Epomophori (group of bats), 688-9 



Erinaceits, 693 



Erythrophl(rnni (" sass " wood, tree with 



poisonous bark), 1065 

 Escravos River, 51 

 Euphorbias, 646, 1068 

 Europe and Liberia, 81, no, 159, 286 

 Kxec'.itive power in Liberia, 210, 378 

 Executive Mansion, Monrovia, JJJ 

 Expenditure of Liberia (1904), 337-8 

 Export duties, 430 

 Exports of Liberia, 400 et seq., 427-8 



Fan ha, 475 



Farmington River, 147, 371, 417, 454, 457, 



484, 486, 739 



Fatoma (author's Vai teacher), 1126, 1135 

 Faulkner, R. J. R. (Liberian), 315, 347 

 February, the month of, 498, 502 et seq., 



1000 



Felis celidogaster (Golden Cat), 702-3 

 Ferbin, Captain, 145, 146 

 Ferguson, Bishop S. D., 374, 392 

 Ferns, 566-7, 668 

 Ferrer, Jac (the Majorcan), 32 

 Fetish, 1013, 1062-3; huts, 989 

 Fever in West Africa, 76, 82, 126, 140, 



474.981 



Ficus (rubber trees), 541, 650-3 

 " Field " newspaper, 717 

 Figs, 650 et seq. 

 l : ilaria, 842, 982 et seq. 

 Finfoot, the (Podicd), 764-7 

 Finley, Robert, 126, 458 

 Fire, the origin of use of, 892, 894 

 Fireflies, 851-2, 870 

 FIRMIX, MR. CECIL H., vii, 818, Lists of 



Illustrations 



Fischer & Lemcke case, 324, 329 

 Fish : in trade, 398-9, 422 ; in food, 997 

 Fisherman Lake, 432, 767 

 FISHES OF LIBERIA, 824 et seq., 834 et seq. 

 Fish-traps, baskets, 1015, 1018 

 Flag of Great Britain, 219; of Liberia, 



2l8, 219, 220 



Flamingoes, 767 



Flanders, Flemings, and the West African 



trade, 74, K>'> 

 Fleas, 274, 853 ; burrowing, 853-4, 981 



Flemish language, So 



Flies, 852-3, St.; 



Flonikerri, Chief, 91, 926 



Flutes, 1026 



Fodedugu-ba River, 283-4 



Folgia people, the (of Dapper), 86 



Folklore, 699, 701, 727 



Food of the native Liberians, 988-92, 998 



Forbes, Dr. J. Graham (on diseases of 



\Yest Africa), 982 

 Forbes, Lieutenant F. E., R.N., discoverer 



of the Vai alphabet, 1 107 

 Forest Negroes, 931 et seq. 

 Forest pig (Hylochcerus, " Colossochcerus "), 



90, 717-8 

 FOREST, the, 431, 450-1, 453, 484 et seq., 



488, 490 et seq., 493, 521, 524 et seq. 

 Forge for manufacturing iron, 1020, 1026 

 Fowl, domestic, 65, 72, 900 

 Fox, George, 1 1 1 

 FRANCE AND THE SLAVE TRADE, 171-2, 



186 



Franchise, exercise of, 205, 219 

 Franco-Liberian frontier, 3 1 1 

 Francolins (Francolinus), 759, 788 

 Franoux, Herr (Imperial German Consul), 



38i 



" Freeman " (a Basa chief), 146 

 Freemasonry, 390 ; native, 1033 

 Freetown (Sierra Leone), 116 

 FRENCH IN LIBERIA, 32, 44 et seq., 48, 66, 



84-5, 93 et seq., 101, 186 et seq., 237-8, 



280-1, 311, 338, 472 

 Friendly societies, 390 

 Frieze cloth, 74 

 Frogs, 822 et seq. 

 Fruits of Liberia, 421, 425 ; wild, 527, 



539. 591-2, 609 



FULA LANGUAGE, 18, 895, 1091 et seq., 



1098, 1104, 1136, 1139 et seq. 

 FULA RACE, PEOPLE, 14, 18, 173, 895-6 

 FUNTUMIA ELASTICA, 400, 412, 417, 522, 



540, 630, 639 ; africana, 630, 637 

 Futa Jalon, 673, 895, 1136 



" Gabbro " rock formation, 514 



Gadflies, 853 



Gadow, Dr., 819 



" Gala people " of Dapper, 86-7, 926 



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