In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
the things grown are Indian com, Guinea corn, 
West India yams, two kinds of sweet potatoes, 
cassada, rice, onions, beans, arrowroot, ochre, 
peppers, ginger, peanuts, sugar cane, tobacco, 
cotton, calabashes and many things peculiar to 
the country. They have nearly every tropical 
fruit found anywhere in the world, besides some 
that are native. Among these are oranges, limes, 
bananas, plantains, soursops, pawpaws, pine¬ 
apples, guavas, mangoes, tamarinds, cocoanuts 
and bread-fruit. The Badagary orange is prob¬ 
ably the best in the world. The pineapples are 
very large, fragrant and juicy. But among all 
the fruits, my favorite was the delicious soursop. 
The domestic animals are horses, cows, sheep, 
goats, hogs and dogs. Donkeys, mules and 
camels are found nearer the Niger. The African 
elephant is never domesticated. A large number 
of ducks, chickens, pigeons and guineas are 
raised. This is the native country of the guinea 
fowl and they are sometimes domesticated by the 
people in such large numbers that the united 
flock of a farm village have been known to cover 
an acre of ground. Turkeys are rarely found. 
The sheep are like those in the Temperate Zone 
excepting that wool is replaced by hair. They 
are very gentle and trot along with the dogs at 
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