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II. FREETOWN, and FEVER STATISTICS. 
I. Freetown from Mount An 
Hill in the middle ilistai 
distance. 
, looking westward. Tower 
and Wilberforce Hill in the 
5. Description of Freetown. — Freetown, the Capital of the British Colony of Sierra 
Leone, is situated approximately in Lat. 8° 30' N., and Long. 13" 15' W., on the northern shore 
of a mountainous promontory. Close behind the town there is a semicircle of wooded hills rising 
to a height of 3,000 feet above sea-level ; and the town itself lies mostly on areas of level ground 
between them and the sea. The principal houses are built near the wharfs ; but from here the 
suburbs reach backward between the spurs of the hills. Few houses of the town proper exist on 
the slopes of the hills ; but numerous separate villages are found in the liigher valleys above. 
The soil of Freetown is derived from 
a red laterite rock ; wliich lies at little depth, 
and is exposed in many level parts of the 
town, as well as in water-courses, etc. 
The rainy season lasts from May until 
October. The average annual rainfall is 163 
inches, the average humidity 75.0, and the 
average temperature 80.0" F. [paragraph 6']. 
The city contained 30,033 inhabitants 
at the last census (1891). The population 
consists mostly of natives (Christians, Mohammedans, Pagans), but there is also a colony of 
Europeans. 
The streets are open spaces between 
the houses, generally fringed with grass, un- 
paved, and undrained, except by roadside 
ditches ; but gutters exist in the best part of 
the town, and occasionally elsewhere. Most 
of the streets are sloped, but a few are almost 
level. 
Tlie houses are built mostly of wood, 
or consist of a superstructure of wood on a 
masonry foundation. They are often two 
stories high, and are generally divided from 
each other by small open yards and gardens, 
in the manner of villas. As a rule the rooms arc very small for tropical habitations. 
There is an excellent watcr-supplv brought from the adjacent hills in pipes. 
2. Street in Freetown, showing ditch at the side. 
