SECRETARIES OF STATE Hilary Teague J. N. Lewis D. B. Warner E. W. Blyden J. W. Blackledge H. R. W. Johnson J. E. Moore W. M. Davis Ernest Barclay G. W. Gibson A. Barclay W. Y. Gibson (_pro tem_) H. W. Travis NATIONAL ANTHEM All hail, Liberia, hail! This glorious land of liberty Shall long be ours. Tho’ new her name, Green be her fame, And mighty be her powers. In joy and gladness, with our hearts united, We’ll shout the freedom of a race benighted. Long live Liberia, happy land. A home of glorious liberty by God’s command. All hail! Liberia, hail! In union strong, success is sure. We cannot fail. With God above, Our rights to prove, We will the world assail. With heart and hand our country’s cause defending We meet the foe, with valor unpretending. Long live Liberia, happy land, A home of glorious liberty by God’s command. [Illustration: MAP OF LIBERIA] Transcriber’s Notes Footnotes have been moved to under the paragraph or other element in which they are referenced. Inconsistent spelling (including spelling of names) and hyphenation in the printed work have been retained; spelling variants have not been standardised, except as mentioned below. Page xiii: Inconsistencies between the Table of Contents and the text have been retained. Page 24, Footnote [A]: the numbers given for the settlements in St. Paul’s do not add up to the total given. Page 33: ... much headway is making: as printed. Changes made: Some obvious minor punctuation, capitalisation and typography errors have been corrected silently. Page 18: Mioceme changed to Miocene Page 21: Congo, Belge changed to Congo Belge Page 30: Hiliary Teague changed to Hilary Teague; Russwarm changed to Russwurm Page 33: west coat changed to west coast Page 48: the island Burkom changed to the island Borkum Page 78: “ inserted before I regret to say ... Page 108: ” added after ... Government. Page 143: column headers added to table (b) Page 147: natives boys changed to native boys Page 163: 1782 schools changed to 1782 children Page 175: ” added after last signatory Page 203: Careysberg District changed to Careysburg District Page 205: ” added after ... for the whole loan. Page 250-257: lay-out standardised Page 253: Gallhinas changed to Gallinhas Page 255: Corsico changed to Corisco Page 273: ” added after ... six years. Page 275: Jehudi Ashman changed to Jehudi Ashmun Page 276: Hiliary Teague changed to Hilary Teague. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Liberia, by Frederick Starr