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San Juan (1° 1o' N.) and S. by Cape Esterias (o° 36' N.), and is about 31 M. across, while it extends inland some 15 M. The bay is much encumbered with sandbanks, which impair its value as a See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour. Whereas the Muni See also:

RIVER

river or See also:

ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary, which enters the bay on its See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

side, has a maximum See also:

DEPTH

depth of over too ft., vessels entering it have to come by a channel with an See also:

AVERAGE

average depth of sii'fathoms. The entrance to the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

PART

part of the bay is obstructed by the Bana See also:

BANK

Bank, which extends for 9 m., renderingnavigation dangerous. The bay encloses many small islands and islets, some hardly distinguishable from sandbanks and submerged at high See also:

WATER

water, giving rise to a native saying that " See also:

HALF

half the islands live under water." The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal islands are four, Bana, See also:

GREAT

Great and Little Elobey, and Corisco, the last-named lying farthest to seaward and giving its name to the bay. Corisco Island, the largest of the See also:

GROUP

group, is some 3 M. See also:

long by m. in breadth and has an See also:

AREA

area of about 52 sq. m. The See also:

SURFACE

surface of the island is very diversified. On a See also:

MINIATURE

miniature See also:

scale it possesses mountains and valleys, See also:

rivers, lakes, forests and swamps, grass-See also:

LAND

land and bushland, moorland and parkland. The forests See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply See also:

EBONY (Gr. E(3evos)

ebony and See also:

LOGWOOD (so called from the form in which it is imported)

logwood for export. The natives are a See also:

BANTU

Bantu-See also:

NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

Negro tribe called Benga. There are among them many converts to See also:

ROMAN

Roman Catholicism and a few Protestants.

Corisco and the other islands named are See also:

SPANISH

Spanish possessions and are governed as dependencies of Fernando Po. See See also:

Mary H. See also:

Kingsley, Travels in West Africa, ch. xvii. (See also:

LONDON

London, 1897); E. L. Perea, "Guinea espanola: La See also:

ISLA, JOSE FRANCISCO DE (1703-1781)

isla de Corisco," in Revista de geog. See also:

colon. y mercantil (See also:

MADRID

Madrid, 1906).

End of Article: CORISCO

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