Cameron, Verney

LOVETT, C. B., African explorer, was born at Radpole, Eng., June 1, 1844. He entered the British navy in 1857. In 1872 was sent by the Royal Geographical Society of London to the relief of Living stone and to aid in his explorations. He was the first to travel acro Equatorial Africa and on his return to England was rewarded by the gold medals of the Geographical Societies of London and Paris. His work, Acro Africa, gives an interesting description of his African journey. His later exploration, a journey upon which he set out in 1878, is described in his work, Our Future Highway to India. Died March 26, 1894. Came roons'. (Geog.) A German colony in the W. coast region of Africa, extending from the mouth of Rio del Rey southward to a point somewhat south of the parallel of 3° N. Lat., making a coast line of about 120 miles. Interiorly the country has been but little explored, and the limits of the colony are not well defined, though the E. boundary is understood to be about 15° E. Lon. The area is estimated at 130 sq. m. The name is derived from the Cameroon river, a large stream which enters the Bight of Biafa opposite Fernando Po Island, its estuary being over 20 miles wide. For a considerable distance from its mouth the stream is nearly a mile wide. The climate is very trying to Europe ans, on account of the low mangrove swamps at the river's mouth, and they generally live in hulks, merely storing their goods on shore. The natives belong to the Bantu group. In 1884 a war was nearly brought on by the refusal of two native kings to allow their subjects to trade directly with Europe ans. England was asked to a ume a protectorate over the country, but declined. Germany was then appealed to by the traders, and on July 14, 1884, the German flag was raised at Came roons, a governor appointed, and the whole territory claimed, except the small station of Victoria, on Ambas Bay, founded by English Baptists in 1858. C. is bounded on the S. by French Congo, on the N. W. by the British Niger protectorate. The country is very fertile. The Came roons is noted for its cotton and ivory, and has long been known as an "oil river." Ebony, redwood and palms clothe its banks, many tropical fruits grow wild, and others are cultivated by the natives. The Came roons mountains, a volcanic group, attain a height of 13,746 feet in the peak Mongo ma Lobah (mount of the gods). These volcanoes, while not extinct, have had no historical eruption, and their peaks are often covered with snow. Barton and Mann, in 1862, reached their highest point. The population is estimated at 2,600,000. The chief towns are Came roons, opposite Fernando Po, Bimbia, in its vicinity, and Batauga and Bakundu, farther south. Camp Point, in Illinois, a village of Adams co. Pop. (1890) 1,150.