inds of antelopes which swarm on the grass
lands. Two kinds of buffaloes are found in the forests, which are the
home of the gorilla and chimpanzee. Large rodents, like the porcupine
and cane rat, are numerous. Of birds there are 316 species, and several
of venomous snakes.

_Inhabitants._--The north of Cameroon is inhabited by Fula (q.v.) and
Hausa (q.v.) and allied tribes, the south by Bantu-speaking races. The
Fula came from the north and north-east, gradually driving the
Bantu-negroes before them. They brought horses and horned cattle,
unknown in these regions until then, and they founded well-organized
states, like that of Adamawa, now divided between Cameroon and the
British protectorate of Nigeria. In the vicinity of the rivers Benue,
Faro and Kebbi, the people, who are good agriculturists, raise cereals
and other crops, while on the plateaus stock-raising forms the chief
pursuit of the inhabitants. In this northern region villages are built
in the Sudanese zeriba style, surrounded with thorn fences; more
important places are enclosed by a well-built wall and strongly
fortified. Of martial disposition, the people often waged war with their
neighbours, and also amongst themselves until the pacification of the
hinterland by Germany at the beginning of the 20th century.

The Bantu-negroes inhabit the country south of about 7 deg. N. Chief
among the tribes are the Dualla (q.v.), the Ba-kwiri (q.v.), the
Ba-Long, the Ba-Farami, the Wuri, the Abo and the Ba-Kundu. They build
square houses, are active traders and are ruled by independent chiefs,
having no political cohesion. Among the Dualla a curious system of drum
signals is noteworthy. In the coast towns are numbers of Krumen, who,
however, rarely settle permanently in the country. The Fula, as also
most of the Hausa, are Moslems, the other tribes are pagans. Missionary
societies, both Protestant and Roman Catholic, are represented in the
colony, and their schools are well attended, as are the schools
belonging to the government. In all the schools German is taught, but
pidgin-English is largely spoken at the coast towns.

_Chief Towns._--Duala, the chief town in the protectorate, is situated
on the Cameroon estuary at the mouth of the Wuri river in 4 deg. 2' N. 9
deg. 42' E. It consists of various trading stations and native towns
close to one another on the south bank of the river and known, before
the German occupation, as Cameroon, Bell town, Akwa town, &c. Hic