THE GOLD COAST, ASHAXTl, AND KUMASSI 



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dissimilar to those of the hitter phice. Lake Busuniakwe, care- 

 fully explored in February, 1896, by Major Donovan, of the 

 British army, I spent two days in exploring, ])Ut found nothing 

 that Major Donovan had not noticed. 



It is unnecessary to trace tlie real reasons that imi)elle(l tlie 

 British government to subjugate Ashanti and annex it to the 

 Gold Coast colony. A careful stud \' of the history of the colony 

 and its relations with its savage neighbors will throw much light 

 on tlie subject ; but it is proper to assert that England's enlight- 

 ened policy in otlier parts of Africa will undoubtedly be ap- 

 plied here and will result in the ultimate spread of civilization 

 throughout this darkest part of the dark continent. In this con- 

 nection it seems proper to call attention to a map of the " British 

 Possessions in ^^'est Africa," })ublished in November, 1895, by 

 Stanford, of London, whereon, before the exi)edition had left 

 England, Ashanti was presented as a ])art of the Gold Coast 

 colony. The same map gives the Half Cape Mount river as 

 the boundar}^ line between the English colony of Sierra Leone 

 and Liberia, whereas it should have been the Manoah river, 50 

 miles further north. 



THE KINC. OF BKCKU'AI AND HIS C'lrUT 



From a photograph by George A". French 



