OLD, a river of Upper Guinea, Africa, which falls into the bight of Biafra by a wide estuary, in Lat. 5° N., Long. 8° 20' E. The Cross river, which was formerly considered a branch of the Calabar, was discovered by Captain Becroft in 1841–2 to be the main stream. See an account of this expedition in the London Geographical Society's Journal, vol. xiv.

CALAMAR, NEW, a branch of the Quorra river, flowing S.E. and entering the bight of Benin by the same estuary with the Bonny.