Show r I. I Is 9 Bonanza to toI I African Negro Settlement r Once ice nce Liberia was hailed as the promised land for a few thousand weed American slaves of the early th century The present-day present coun- coun l n tY has a bonanza in its despera desperately desperately- tely- tely ceded rubber Air bases and har- har ors along its mile coastline fac- fac fg g the e Brazilian bulge of ot South p across the narrowest etch of the Atlantic promise a aI I flow of supplies during and ter the war I Liberia iberia is located on the south- south stern corner of ot the great eat west west- west overhang of ot Africa points out oute oute e e National Geographic society e British colony of Sierra Leone I on the northwest and the French lony of the Ivory co coast st on the east larger than the state of Liberia's five counties ave ye ve lush equatorial vegetation and I ch h. h untapped mineral resources nd are capable of supporting far ore bre re than the estimated two and a million people who now live ere re he country has a low sandy with occasional s a rolling interior plateaus plateau s tipped lipped by mountains and a denser dense r topical forest area which covers wout out ut five sixths of the country one country one Ethe the best timber stands in west sea rica Although the country has re re than 30 rivers rapids near the buth uth or shallow stretches make pst st of them Of the navigable streams the Caly Caly Cawly Ca- Ca ly and the St. St Paul rivers the ter running through the center of e 6 country country are are among the most a pt i i |