FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 



of the Coffea liberica, and left them thriving in the 

 gardens to Government House, as also in Kokomaiko. 



Among the natural products of Senegal and its 

 dependencies are mentioned "Rio Nunez" and "Rio 

 Pongo " coffees, which are the names by which they 

 are known in the trade. The former grows wild in 

 Fouta Djalon, and in the country of the Sousous. 

 According to a report of Dr. Corre from which inform- 

 ation has been extracted, " The tree which bears this 

 coffee grows to a height of thirty to forty feet in the 

 middle of almost impenetrable forest, half choked by 

 tropical climbers, and devoid, as far as its upper part, 

 of branches which form a summit which is sparingly 

 ■covered ; also the crop is obtained generally by cutting 

 down the trees when the fruit is ripe." 



" According to this process," said Dr. Corre, " coffee- 

 trees will not take long to disappear, if they are not 

 multiplied through means of culture. This variety, 

 when it grows in the open air, has the appearance of 

 our poplars ; its produce has incomparable flavour ; 

 in Foulah it is called ' legal-cofe,' and the 'grain- 

 cofe;' in Sousou it is named 'houri-coff' {legal and 

 houri signify ' tree '). The price of this coffee has been 

 returned at from 300 to 350 francs the 100 kilogramme." 



A similar coffee to foregoing is, I understand, to be 

 found in Rio Pongo : hence name given. 



I here particularly call attention to the existence, 

 in the country named Fouta Djalon, laved by the 

 waters of the Upper Gambia River, of coffee in its 



