Excerpt from West Africa the Elusive The recent dissatisfaction in Nigeria, it is admitted in a Government Report, portions of which I quote in due course, showed that the temper Of the official world in that great colony had almost reached flash point. Had this condition been ignored there would have been serious trouble, and, as I write, there is still room and to spare for amelioration of the lot Of the Nigerian Civil Servant. On the Gold Coast conditions are easier the average Of prices is lower, since the railway is run on more economical lines than in Nigeria and transport charges are less. Liberia, the black man's Utopia, the paradise of the fanatical emancipationist, I have touched upon with the lightest of possible pens. That my remarks gave the maximum of Offence and that the local paper described me as a fit companion for gaol-birds, merely made me smile. This Opera-bouffe republic is an ana chromism in an era of advance when every corner of the world is needed for serious exploitation. If it continues to endure, it will be because Of its wealth and the in evitable international jealousy its occupation by any one Great Power would entail. SO much by way Of explana tion of the pages which follow. I have certainly attempted to avoid wounding any one's feelings, for at all times my wife and I have received assistance, kindness and much consideration. 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.