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clethra macrophylla, Red Ironwood, not quite so prevalent; Lophira 
procera, Paddle Wood, Uvaria Busgenii, Gum Copal, Pterogopodium 
sp., Wild Mango, Irvingia Barteri, Light African Greenheart, Pipta- 
denia Africana, Camwood or Barwood, Pterocarpus santalinoides, 
Wood Oil Nut, Ricinodendron Africanum, Hard Yellow Wood, Coula 
edulis, and Ironwood, Bridelia stenocarpa. Although the Bakundu 
and Balong natives are more active in their farming operations near 
the banks of the Mungo, there are still very large areas of compara- 
tively untouched forests, and more especially in the upper regions 
of the river. In four separate places beyond the crossing of the 
Bakossi Road there are four different rapids or waterfalls on the river, 
which would provide water-power for saw-mills, or other wood-using 
industries. On the left bank of the river, beyond the Bakossi crossing, 
there is an area almost without population in which there are large 
numbers of Oil Palms, as well as other forest trees. On this road, 
too, is seen the very picturesque waterfall and narrow gorge of a 
tributary of the Mungo, which is also suitable for generating power 
for one kind of mill or another. 
Turning now to the Bakossi forests, which culminate in the more 
or less isolated peak of Mount Kuppe (altitude 6,300 feet), the land is 
all covered with forest with the exception of some rocky points on thé 
eastern side. Asmall amount of land has been cleared at an altitude of 
about 3,000 feet, for the making of tobacco plantations, but. the rest, 
with the exception of the taking of a few trees for local felling, remains 
intact. The Bakossis have made large farms in the valleys, and are 
very industrious, but still the forests situated higher up are largely 
untouched. It is interesting to notice that the walls of the round 
and conically roofed houses are made with about five circular rows 
of tree-fern stems, cut to the length of the height of the wall and 
placed one behind the other. These are most durable and are a 
most unique example of the utilization of the produce of these forests, 
although many of the tree-fern “stands ”’ have been cut down and 
have quite disappeared; a few remain in isolated places. 
Some of the more common species found in this forest are the 
following: Bush Maple, Triplochiton schleroxylon, Ebony, Diospyros, 
Mahogany, Khaya Euryphylla, Bush Teak, Chlorophora excelsa, Gum 
Copal (Copaifera Demeusii), Bilinga (Afzelia Zenkeri), Hardwood (Mul- 
lettia sp.), Scented Mahogany (Hntandrophragma Candollei), Light 
Mahogany (Canarium Schweinfurthii), Hardwood (Dialium Standtii and 
Newtonia Zenkert), Yellow Hardwood (Ongokea Kamerunensis), African 
Whitewood (EHnantia chlorantha), Camwood (Pterocarpus Soyauzii). 
There is less forest near the Manenguba Mountains, most of it being 
situated on the banks of the Mo and Mbu Rivers (tributaries of the 
Cross River). Continuing along the boundary line between the grass 
country and the tree-fern forest, we have the Mbo and Foto Ranges, 
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