TY - BOOK AU - Johnston, Harry Hamilton, AU - Stapf, O. TI - Liberia U1 - AF 966.6 JOH PY - 1906/// CY - London PB - Hutchinson KW - Natural history KW - Liberia KW - Botany KW - Vai language KW - Africa, West KW - Languages N1 - End-papers illustrated in colors; Includes bibliographical references; I. Liberia. Ancient history. Normans and Genoese. Portuguese. Pepper and gold. The Guinea trade in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. A Dutch account of Liberia in the seventeenth century. The slave trade . The founding of Liberia. The last phase of the slave trade. Governors of Liberia. Independence. President Roberts. Frontier questions. The l oan and its consequences. Recent history. The Americo-Liberians. Commer ce. Geography of Liberia. Climate and rainfall. Geology and minerals.-- II. Flora of Liberia. Fauna. Anthropology. Folklore. Languages: The lan guages of Liberia. Appendix IX: The Vai syllabarium or alphabet. Vocabu laries of Liberian and other West African languages. Index ER -