Formoso

Both of the two rivers, enclosing the great alluvial tract which has been described (the Rio del Rey and the Formoso), are stated to be of considerable size, being each of them seven or eight miles broad at the mouth; and the supposed Delta, estimated by the line of coast, is much larger than that of the Ganges: consequently, the two streams, if united, must form a river of prodigious magnitude.

The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008

We shall find them higher up the bed, only forming as the inundation begins; I doubt, however, that at any time they equal the meadows which stud the mouth of the Rio Formoso (Benin River).

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

"They should be arriving at Vilar Formoso this morning, my Lord, " Hogan said.

Sharpe's Battle Cornwell, Bernard 1995

Both of the two rivers, enclosing the great alluvial tract which has been described (the Rio del Rey and the Formoso), are stated to be of considerable size, being each of them seven or eight miles broad at the mouth; and the supposed Delta, estimated by the line of coast, is much larger than that of the Ganges: consequently, the two streams, if united, must form a river of prodigious magnitude.

The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 Mungo Park 1788

They are entitled, "Libellus de ordinationibus a papâ Formoso factis", and "Tractatus qui Infensor et

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913