Niger
JOLIBA, ISSA, MAYO- NIGHTINGALE important, and pottery and glass are hides and skins. Imports (1918) $36, manufactured. Capital, Nevers. area of basin and that of its tributaries QUARRA, or KWARA, a river of central Africa, rising near the W. coast; its length is estimated at about 2,900 miles; area of basin and that of its tributaries is 1,023,280 square miles. It rises in turns S. E. through a rock country.
Sierra Leone. The Niger flows N. E. as far as Timbuktu. After passing Timthe Benue, or Mother of Waters, a rival joined by a tributary of first-class size, turns S. E. through a rock country. 860 miles to the E. The united stream in volume which has come from a source joined by a tributary of first-class size, the Benue, or Mother of Waters, a rival in volume which has come from a source 860 miles to the E. The united stream now passes through a series of bold picturesque hills b eventually breaks up into one of the most by a narrow gorge, and remarkable mangrove-covered deltas of the world. In its course it passes through much fertile valley land, while numerous towns and villages stand on its banks, has been principally accomplished by prosecuted. The exploration cent. to the United Kingdom. There are More than 11 per cent. of the exports go to the United States, almost 84 per £3,459,774. £8,470,593. about 1,000 miles of railways. The rev- £8,470,593. £3,459,774. The debt in 1917 was 9½ inches in length and 23 in extent of universally known in the United States, sucker (Chordeiles virginianus), a bird universally known in the United States, 9½ inches in length and 23 in extent of