animals and plants,
m yself do not believe that this island was e
Z continent, but arose from the ocean as the result
terrific upheaval in the chain o f g a SSW.
across the A tlan tic from the Cameroon Mounta j | | |
direction to A nn o Bom island, and. p and South
Tristan da Cunha group midway between th p
^ volcanic islands are
fertility. T h e y consist o f f £ an and A nn o Bom, ( i ,35Q ft)-
. (3000 f t ) ; San Thome (6,913 ■) ’ nn<;sessions Fernando
San Thom6 and Principe are P<ortugiu p exceeding ly
Po and A n n o Bom Spanish, Dutchman’s
unhealthy. San Thome is sti . . climate
Church-yard,” on account of
wrought among the o an ers ™ h occupied all
as they seem, at one | § war these
Portuguese p o s s e s s i o , a ^ l ^ t h e r for supremacy in the
two powers waged with them attained to. § 3
Bights, a mthe rear H
difference in this
the Equatorial
which averages 10" -cooler^than its^neig both currents,
T h e shores o f San Thome a re w ^ ^ mixed and
and the currents round yQU have haunted
uncertain state. I t interest we take down there in
these seas, to realis navigating small sailing
currents, particular y ^w en g necessarily from my fishing
boats, a pursuit I mdu g Very marked,
practices. Th e ir effect on ^ affair to take
I f we could on ly ” r“ »e h t send that
place in the bed o f ev idM tly comes
precious Gumea cutren ^ akmgsid the mai„ l and
shore, West A fr ica would be quite another place.
Fernando Po is the most important island as regards size
on the West African coast, and at the same time one of the
most beautiful in the world. It is a great volcanic mass
THE MANGO AVENUE, FERNANDO PO.
J — .s, ccrrcn t. uiuuudlcs in me magnificent coi
» r e n c e Peak, called by the Spaniards, Pico de Santa Isab
|>y the natives of the island O Wassa. Seen from the sea