SENEGAMBIA

SENEGAMBIA, a tract of territory lying chiefly within the basins of the rivers Senegal and Gambia, West Africa, stretching from the Atlantic, between Cape Blanco and the mouth of the Gambia, inland to the Niger;the interior part is called Soudan; the vast expanse of the contiguous Sahara in the N., and stretches of territory on the S., extending to the Gulf of Guinea, altogether forming an immense territory, of which ST. LOUIS in Senegambia proper, is considered the capital; ground-nuts, gums, india-rubber, &c., are the chief exports.