FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 



mountains and valleys of the country about Golungo 

 Alto and the Dembos are also full of coffee-trees 

 growing wild, and they are gradually being cleared 

 of bush or underwood by the natives, so as to enable 

 them to collect the berry. I did not hear anywhere 

 that they had taken to planting coffee, nor are they 

 likely to do so as long as they can find it growing wild. 

 As far as has been ascertained, wild coffee is only 

 found growing in the forests of the country of the 

 second elevation from the coast, nor does it grow well 

 in the littoral region, where air is much too dry ; it is 

 a plant requiring a moist heat, and the shade of large 

 trees ; and a certain amount of elevation above the 

 level of the sea may possibly have something to do 

 with its proper growth. 



" The future production of coffee on the whole 

 West Coast of Africa might be simply unlimited as far 

 as extent of ground eminently suitable for its cultiva- 

 tion is concerned ; it becomes only a question of time 

 and labour." 



The West African trade for four years in this 

 article with the United Kingdom is represented in 

 the following table : — 



