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The following i is a summary of the results obtained. — 
31.37 
Magnesia, . ; 25.88 
Protoxide of irom, : : 17.25 + Earthy portion. 
umina, , ° AY 
Soda, ; > ‘ ._ traces. 
Tron, 
Cobalt, . 
Chromium, é é ; Faces Meteoric iron. — 
races. | 
Salphir, ( phosphorus 2) and Saas 4.73 
100.00 
Arr. U1—Characteristics of the Language of Ghagh or Accra ; 
rof. J. W. Gress. 
Tue following account of the language of Ghagh, is taken 
from Augustus William Hanson, a native of that country, aged 
twenty five, son of the British governor at Accra, his mother be- 
ing the daughter of Osai Kwami, (King Kwami,) the late king 
of the Ashantis. 'The Ghagh is his native language, although 
not that of either of his parents. 
The country of Ghagh or Accra is a small district on the Gold 
Coast in Africa. It is called Ghagh by the natives, who style 
themselves Ghagh me-i, i. e. Ghagh people, and Engkraing by the 
neighboring Fantis, frons which name the Europeans have form- 
ed Accra. The Ghagh people are bounded on the north by the 
Agunas and Akwapims, on the east by the Adampis, on the south 
by the Gulf of Guinea, and on the west by the Fantis. Within 
their territory are three European settlements, viz. the English at 
James’ fort, the Dutch at Creve-ceur, and the Danish at Chris- 
tiansburg. The population of these towns, which nearly ad- 
join each other, is together about fourteen thousand ; that of the 
whole territory about forty thousand. ‘The Ghagh people are a 
distinct race, and differ entirely as to language from the tribes by 
Which they are immediately surrounded, with the exception of 
the Adampis. According to their own tradition they came orig- 
inally from Popo, a district to the eastward of Adampi. The in- 
habitants of Little Popo, as well as of Great Popo, speak the same 
