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THE GOLD COAST 



cated examples to acquire white feathers upon the 

 breast or wings to a greater or lesser extent. 



It should be recorded that a considerable local trade is 

 carried on in the country in the sale of a flour-like sub- 

 stance obtained from the interior of the pods of Parkia 

 filicoidea. This is made up with the seeds of the plant 

 into an edible paste, locally termed " Dawadawa." 



EXPORTS. Excluding cocoa, which is treated sepa- 

 rately in its place, the following table shows the progress 

 of the export trade between 1910 and 1919 : 



