﻿RESEARCH 
  ON 
  THE 
  GOLD 
  COAST. 
  17 
  

  

  From 
  Tafo 
  I 
  visited 
  Kibbi, 
  the 
  headquarters 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  the 
  Birrim 
  

   District 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  an 
  Agricultural 
  Station. 
  The 
  country 
  is 
  hilly, 
  

   covered 
  with 
  thick 
  bush 
  and 
  numerous 
  high 
  trees. 
  At 
  Kibbi 
  G. 
  palpalis 
  and 
  Tabanus 
  

   secedens 
  were 
  caught, 
  while 
  sand-flies 
  (Culicoides 
  grahami) 
  were 
  a 
  regular 
  scourge 
  

   between 
  five 
  and 
  six 
  in 
  the 
  evening. 
  At 
  a 
  small 
  place 
  called 
  Pusu 
  Pusu 
  the 
  plant 
  

   for 
  a 
  new 
  gold-mine 
  was 
  being 
  laid 
  down, 
  and 
  G. 
  palpalis 
  is 
  far 
  from 
  uncommon 
  in 
  

   this 
  region. 
  At 
  Boonso 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  rubber 
  and 
  kola 
  estate, 
  and 
  from 
  

   Mr. 
  Anderson, 
  the 
  curator, 
  I 
  obtained 
  several 
  specimens 
  of 
  G. 
  fusca 
  and 
  T. 
  secedens, 
  

   both 
  of 
  which 
  species 
  he 
  avers 
  to 
  be 
  common 
  at 
  certain 
  times 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  On 
  the 
  

   Birrim 
  Biver 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  place 
  I 
  caught 
  G. 
  palpalis, 
  

  

  From 
  Boonso 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  Anyinam, 
  which 
  stands 
  on 
  the 
  Birrim 
  Kiver. 
  G. 
  palpalis 
  

   swarmed 
  at 
  this 
  place 
  and 
  numbers 
  followed 
  the 
  women 
  from 
  the 
  watering- 
  

   place 
  to 
  the 
  town, 
  invading 
  the 
  rest-house 
  en 
  route. 
  Tabanus 
  secedens 
  was 
  also 
  

   caught 
  at 
  the 
  river, 
  while 
  Culiciomyia 
  nebulosa 
  swarmed 
  in 
  hundreds 
  in 
  the 
  rest- 
  

   house. 
  These 
  were 
  breeding 
  in 
  a 
  latrine 
  pan 
  containing 
  a 
  small 
  quantity 
  of 
  water. 
  

   When 
  such 
  pans 
  are 
  kept 
  in 
  grass-roofed 
  houses 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  inverted 
  when 
  the 
  

   rest-house 
  is 
  not 
  occupied. 
  

  

  The 
  road 
  from 
  Anyinam 
  to 
  Jyagate 
  passes 
  through 
  dense 
  bush 
  and 
  high 
  trees, 
  

   and 
  numerous 
  streams 
  and 
  swamps 
  were 
  crossed. 
  G. 
  palpalis 
  and 
  Hippocentrum 
  

   trimaculatum 
  were 
  caught 
  during 
  this 
  trek, 
  and 
  one 
  jigger, 
  Dermatophilus 
  penetrans, 
  

   was 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  native's 
  foot. 
  

  

  After 
  Jyagate 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  level 
  to 
  near 
  Mpraeso, 
  where 
  a 
  very 
  steep 
  escarp- 
  

   ment 
  is 
  encountered. 
  After 
  climbing 
  this, 
  one 
  reaches 
  an 
  enormous 
  flat 
  plateau 
  

   on 
  which 
  Mpraeso 
  is 
  situated. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  Moshi 
  cattle 
  which 
  are 
  driven 
  from 
  the 
  

   Northern 
  Territories 
  to 
  the 
  coast 
  pass 
  through 
  Mpraeso. 
  These 
  are 
  generally 
  

   swarming 
  with 
  Hippobosca 
  maculata 
  which 
  follow 
  cattle 
  for 
  hundreds 
  of 
  miles. 
  

   These 
  cattle 
  also 
  serve 
  as 
  tick 
  disseminators. 
  At 
  Mpraeso 
  a. 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Tabanus, 
  

   near 
  T. 
  besti, 
  was 
  obtained. 
  

  

  After 
  leaving 
  Mpraeso 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  escarpment 
  is 
  again 
  encountered 
  and 
  

   the 
  descent 
  to 
  Kwashilo 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  steep, 
  but 
  after 
  that 
  point 
  the 
  road 
  is 
  undu- 
  

   lating. 
  This 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  thickly 
  forested. 
  Near 
  Asangare 
  the 
  following 
  

   were 
  caught: 
  — 
  Glossina 
  fusca, 
  Tabanus 
  secedens 
  and 
  Haematopota 
  torquens. 
  Hippo- 
  

   bosca 
  maculata 
  were 
  also 
  seen 
  in 
  numbers 
  on 
  the 
  cattle 
  in 
  transit. 
  

  

  From 
  Asangare 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  Odumase, 
  via 
  Bompata. 
  This 
  part 
  is 
  well 
  within 
  the 
  

   rain 
  forest 
  belt, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  numerous 
  streams 
  which 
  retain 
  water 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   dry 
  season. 
  Glossina 
  fusca 
  and 
  Haematopota 
  torquens 
  are 
  both 
  common 
  in 
  this 
  

   region. 
  

  

  After 
  Odumase 
  the 
  River 
  Anum, 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Pra, 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  crossed 
  near 
  

   the 
  town 
  of 
  Anum 
  Praso. 
  Here 
  G. 
  palpalis 
  and 
  Stomoxys 
  calcitrans 
  were 
  obtained, 
  

   while 
  after 
  crossing 
  the 
  Anum 
  River 
  both 
  G. 
  palpalis 
  and 
  G. 
  fusca 
  were 
  met 
  with 
  

   near 
  Beposo. 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  halt 
  was 
  made 
  at 
  Konkoma, 
  a 
  small 
  filthy 
  town 
  on 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Lake 
  

   Bosumtwe. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  most 
  peculiar 
  lake, 
  almost 
  circular, 
  and 
  nearly 
  five 
  miles 
  in 
  

   diameter, 
  surrounded 
  by 
  an 
  isolated 
  range 
  of 
  hills. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  outlet 
  and 
  the 
  

   approach 
  from 
  all 
  sides 
  is 
  steep. 
  Several 
  small 
  fishing 
  villages 
  are 
  situated 
  on 
  its 
  

   banks. 
  The 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  slopes 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  grass, 
  

   but 
  the 
  upper 
  slopes 
  carry 
  thick 
  bush. 
  The 
  only 
  blood-sucking 
  insect 
  seen 
  here 
  was 
  

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