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tives also occupy comfortable residences or offices, some of which are constructed 
of conerete. Among the larger buildings is a two-story wooden house with 
verandas, which has recently been put to use as a general hospital and which, 
when we were in Monrovia, contained several patients. 
About half a mile from the center of Monrovia is Monrovia College which 
was founded in 1921 by the Bishop of the African Methodist Church. It is 
established in a large concrete building, three stories in height, and surrounded 
by verandas. It was erected at considerable expense and intended as an indus- 
trial institution. All the money is said to have been spent upon the building, 
and none was left for equipment and running expenses. There are less than 
one hundred students in attendance and the school has recently suffered from 
decided differences of opinion regarding administration. There is no other 
building of such magnitude and character in Liberia (No. 22). 
Unfortunately there is no running water in any of the houses, no general 
water supply, no system of sewage disposal, and no modern plumbing. ‘The 
drinking water is supplied largely from wells or cisterns which collect the rain 
water. 
There is a large cemetery on the outskirts of the city and between it and a 
part of the residential quarter is an undrained and unsanitary swamp, sometimes 
used for washing clothes. Numerous larvae of mosquitoes, notably of Anopheles, 
were found in this swamp. 
In spite of these unpleasing and unfortunate conditions, Monrovia has in a 
number of other respects an attractive appearance. Its scenic charm lies particu- 
larly in its vegetation. Flowering shrubs and trees, such as oleanders, frangi- 
pani, acaciae with scarlet blossoms, and other flowering leguminous trees with 
yellow or red blossoms are growing here and there. Many tropical fruits are 
also seen growing about the houses, though not in great abundance. Among 
them may be noted pawpaws, mangoes, breadfruit, bananas, and plantains, 
oranges, limes, avocado pears, a few pineapples, and an occasional coconut tree. 
Everything that grows well and requires no cultivation and almost no attention 
may be found, but the Americo-Liberians are not good agriculturists or gar- 
deners. Physically they are lazy, and the amount of agricultural produce raised 
by them is exceedingly small. Those who can afford to, live chiefly on imported 
and tinned food. In the markets one does not find a great variety of fresh 
vegetables but usually only cassava, yams, and plantains, or occasionally a little 
sugar cane and red peppers. Poultry is procurable but is not abundant; the 
raising of chickens on a large scale is neglected. Cattle are very scarce in the 
coast towns, and sheep are relatively seldom seen. Goats, however, are nu- 
merous. 
Fortunately there are certain more modern institutions in Monrovia which 
contribute greatly to the comfort and convenience of visitors and residents. 
Among them are a small ice plant and an electric light plant. Monrovia also 
has a telephone system, and cable and wireless communications with the outside 
world. 
There are several printing presses. Buell, who investigated this, states that, 
