

LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS 



SKETCH MAP OF BRITISH WEST AFRICA . . Frontispiece 

 GAMBIA AND SIERRA LEONE 



OPPOSITE PAGE 



JOLAH WITH NATIVE HAND-PLOUGH, BULLELAI, FOGNI . 3 

 CANARY ISLAND PLOUGH, AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, ABUKO 3 

 RUBBER TREE (Ficus vogelii) AT BATHURST ... 3 

 RUBBER VINE (Landolphia heudelotii) AT KOTOO . . 9 

 CEARA RUBBER TREE (Manihot glaziovii) AT BAKAU . 9 

 RUBBER TREE (Castilloa elastica) AT KOTOO ... 9 

 FRUITS OF OIL PALMS, SIERRA LEONE . . .13 



SWEET CASSAVA, WITH BAOBAB TREES, BAKAU . . 13 

 INDIGO DYERS, MCCARTHY ISLAND . . . .13 



SKETCH MAP OF GAMBIA AND SIERRA LEONE . . 15 

 OLL PALMS (Elceis guineensis), MAFOKOYIA . . .21 

 NATIVE COLLECTING OIL PALM FRUIT, BLAMA . . 21 

 KOLA TREE AT MANO ....... 21 



NATIVE WEAVER AT PENDEMBU ..... 35 



GOLD COAST 



KUMASSI, THE CAPITAL OF ASHANTI .... 35 

 STONE VAT FOR POUNDING PALM FRUITS, WITH SURROUND- 

 ING GUTTER AND OIL WELL, KROBO PLANTATIONS . 35 

 SKETCH MAP OF GOLD COAST ..... 43 

 COCOA AT MRAMRA ATTACKED BY BLACK COCOA-BARK BUG . 51 

 DRYING COCOA BEANS AT MRAMRA . . . .51 

 NATIVE TAPPING INDIGENOUS RUBBER TREE (Funtumia 



elastica), OBOAMANG, ASHANTI . . . .51 



" ODUM " TREES (Chlorophora excelsa) .... 61 



