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Excerpt from Report of Commander W. F. Lynch, in Relation to His Mission to the Coast of Africa De Cintra, sailing down the coast from Sierra Leone, discovered the river Gallinas, to_ which he gave the name of Rio del Fumi', because he saw nothing but smoke along the shore. Until recently the mouth of this river was the most notorious slave mart on the western coast. The factories were destroyed in 1849 by Commander Denham, R. N. Through the joint liberality of two philanthropists - an Englishman and a citizen of the United States - the territory was subsequently pur chased from the neighboring kings and annexed to the republic of Li beria; and in May, 1852, the Cassa territory, which adjoins Gallinas on the north, was also purchased, making the Shebar the northern boundary of the republic. From Gallinas to Cape Mount, along the coast, and extending about thirty miles inland, is the territory occupied by the Veys, a warlike tribe, numbering from ten to twelve thousand, heretofore actively eu gaged in the slave trade. They are said to be separatists from the Mandingoes; and some of them are Mohammedans, and possess a de gree of intelligence, and are more highly civilized than the Deys and other tribes to leeward. Their language has been reduced to -writing by syllabic characters, and has a strong affinity to that of the Deys. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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