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The following is a summary of the results obtained. 

 Silicic acid, . . . 31.37^ 



Magnesia, .... 25.88 \ 

 Protoxide of iron, . . 17.25 )> Earthy portion. 



.49 

 traces. 



. . 16. ■ 



Alumina, 

 Soda, 



Iron, 



Cobalt, 



Chromium, 



Nickel, 



Sulphur, (phosphorus ?) and loss, 4.73 j 



100.00 



4.28 V Meteoric iron, 

 traces, j 



Art. hi. — Characteristics of the Language of Ghagh or Accra ; 

 by Prof. J. W. Gibbs. 



The 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 Engkrainghj the 

 neighboring Fantis, from 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-cmur, 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 



