FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 



•a Mohammedan Chief — Alimami Phodey Selah. 

 Then we come again to French territory, extending 

 ■on either side of the Casamance River as far south 

 as Cape Roxo. From Cape Roxo to the River 

 'Cassini — a distance, as the crow flies, of more than 

 100 miles — the coast is held by Portugal. The River 

 Cassini itself is claimed by France, and her territory 

 here extends to the Mellicorie River, where is met the 

 Eritish West African Settlement of Sierra Leone, 

 •extending to the Manah River in lat. 6° 50' N. 

 From this point to the River San Pedro, a distance 

 of nearly 350 miles — stretches the Native African 

 Republic of Liberia. From the Rio San Pedro to 

 ■Grand Lahou there appears a portion of unappro- 

 priated coast of upwards of 100 miles in extent. 



From Grand Lahou to Assine is the French Ivory 

 Coast Settlement, and from Newtown, Assine, to 

 Bey Beach is the British Gold Coast Colony. 



From Bey Beach to Little Popo is one of the 

 recently-acquired German Protectorates, and con- 

 terminous with it is the French acquirement of 

 Grand Popo, which again adjoins the Portuguese Pro- 

 tectorate of Whydah, which is conterminous with the 

 French Possession of Kotonu, where begins the 

 British Colony of Lagos, ending with the Benin River, 

 whence the British coast-line runs continuously past 

 the Niger River and its many mouths to the Rio del 

 Rey. From Rio del Rey to the Campo River in 1" 

 20' N. lat. is German, whence to the northern flank 



