﻿RESEARCH 
  ON 
  THE 
  GOLD 
  COAST. 
  19 
  

  

  Afram, 
  Glossina 
  pallicera 
  was 
  found, 
  while 
  at 
  Ejura 
  itself 
  both 
  G. 
  longipalpis 
  and 
  

   G. 
  morsitans 
  occur. 
  It 
  is 
  noteworthy 
  that 
  the 
  latter 
  species 
  was 
  found 
  immediately 
  

   after 
  entering 
  the 
  savannah 
  forest 
  country. 
  

  

  From 
  Ejura 
  to 
  Yeji 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  open 
  and 
  park-like 
  in 
  character. 
  Large 
  

   numbers 
  of 
  cattle, 
  sheep 
  and 
  goats, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  donkeys 
  carrying 
  loads, 
  were 
  every- 
  

   where 
  seen 
  on 
  this 
  road, 
  with 
  their 
  accompanying 
  hosts 
  of 
  Hippobosca 
  maculata. 
  

   Glossina 
  palpalis 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Pru 
  River 
  at 
  Amantin 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  

   the 
  River 
  Pru 
  itself 
  at 
  Prang. 
  G. 
  morsitans 
  and 
  G. 
  tachinoides 
  were 
  also 
  found 
  at 
  

   Prang 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  open 
  country. 
  Haemaphysalis 
  leachi 
  was 
  common 
  on 
  the 
  cattle 
  

   at 
  Jatto's, 
  Zonga, 
  and 
  this 
  species, 
  along 
  with 
  Boophilus 
  decoloratus, 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  

   my 
  horse 
  at 
  Prang. 
  Doubtless 
  these 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  dry 
  grass 
  in 
  the 
  stable. 
  

  

  Prang 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  boundary 
  between 
  Ashanti 
  and 
  the 
  Northern 
  Territories. 
  From 
  

   this 
  town 
  to 
  Yeji 
  the 
  road 
  formerly 
  followed 
  the 
  Pru 
  River, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  greater 
  

   part 
  of 
  it 
  was 
  under 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  wet 
  season 
  a 
  new 
  and 
  more 
  direct 
  road 
  has 
  been 
  

   made 
  via 
  Kaperleum. 
  On 
  this 
  road 
  G. 
  morsitans 
  is 
  extremely 
  abundant, 
  and 
  the 
  

   only 
  other 
  blood-sucking 
  insect 
  seen 
  was 
  Tabanus 
  grains, 
  which 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  dry 
  country 
  

   form. 
  Water 
  is 
  very 
  scarce 
  on 
  this 
  road, 
  and 
  for 
  this 
  reason 
  the 
  Hausas 
  prefer 
  to 
  

   herd 
  their 
  cattle 
  and 
  donkeys 
  by 
  the 
  old 
  road 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  season. 
  Nevertheless 
  

   G. 
  morsitans 
  is 
  abundant 
  and 
  this 
  was 
  especially 
  marked 
  near 
  a 
  small 
  water-pool, 
  the 
  

   numbers 
  diminishing 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  water. 
  Between 
  Kaperleum 
  and 
  Yeji 
  

   the 
  same 
  species 
  was 
  encountered. 
  At 
  Yeji 
  game 
  is 
  fairly 
  plentiful 
  ; 
  buffalo, 
  harte- 
  

   beeste, 
  waterbuck, 
  bushbuck, 
  cob, 
  duiker 
  and 
  wart-hog 
  are 
  all 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  angle 
  

   formed 
  by 
  the 
  Rivers 
  Volta 
  and 
  Pru. 
  In 
  all 
  the 
  country 
  round 
  Yeji 
  G. 
  morsitans 
  

   is 
  abundant, 
  while 
  G. 
  palpalis 
  and 
  G. 
  tachinoides 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  River 
  Volta. 
  

   Ticks, 
  Amblyomma 
  splendidum, 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  a 
  buffalo. 
  

  

  Yeji 
  is 
  the 
  headquarters 
  of 
  a 
  District 
  Commissioner, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  ferries 
  

   on 
  the 
  Volta 
  River 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  main 
  north 
  road 
  from 
  Coomassie. 
  In 
  January 
  1913, 
  

   over 
  8,100 
  natives 
  crossed 
  by 
  canoe 
  at 
  this 
  ferry 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  month 
  7,000 
  

   animals 
  were 
  transported 
  across. 
  In 
  1912, 
  the 
  numbers 
  were 
  : 
  natives 
  over 
  50,000, 
  

   animals 
  23,000. 
  These 
  cattle 
  sometimes 
  remain 
  herded 
  together 
  for 
  nearly 
  a 
  whole 
  

   day 
  both 
  before 
  and 
  after 
  swimming 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  are 
  consequently 
  very 
  liable 
  to 
  

   infection 
  with 
  trypanosomiasis 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  prevalence 
  of 
  tsetse. 
  

  

  This 
  ferry 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  source 
  of 
  revenue 
  to 
  the 
  Government, 
  and 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  might 
  

   with 
  advantage 
  be 
  devoted 
  to 
  extensive 
  clearing 
  on 
  both 
  banks. 
  The 
  Commissioner 
  

   stationed 
  there 
  during 
  my 
  visit 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  this 
  could 
  be 
  done 
  at 
  an 
  annual 
  

   outlay 
  of 
  £25. 
  The 
  only 
  mosquito 
  seen 
  at 
  Yeji 
  was 
  Mansonioides 
  uniformis. 
  

  

  From 
  Yeji 
  to 
  Makongo 
  the 
  road 
  crosses 
  two 
  large 
  swamps 
  — 
  backwaters 
  of 
  the 
  

   Volta. 
  Mansonioides 
  uniformis 
  is 
  everywhere 
  abundant 
  round 
  these 
  swamps, 
  and 
  

   also 
  at 
  Makongo. 
  At 
  the 
  latter 
  place 
  Glossina 
  palpalis, 
  G. 
  tachinoides 
  and 
  G. 
  mor- 
  

   sitans 
  were 
  all 
  common 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  at 
  the 
  Makongo 
  River 
  and 
  the 
  last-named 
  at 
  

   some 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  river. 
  Tabanus 
  sticticollis 
  was 
  also 
  caught 
  at 
  Makongo. 
  

   The 
  same 
  species 
  of 
  game 
  as 
  those 
  given 
  for 
  Yeji 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  abound 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  

   The 
  following 
  species 
  of 
  ticks 
  were 
  obtained 
  at 
  Makongo 
  : 
  — 
  Boophilus 
  decoloratus, 
  

   B. 
  australis, 
  Haemaphysalis 
  leachi 
  and 
  Rhipicephalus 
  sanguineus. 
  

  

  After 
  Makengo 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  still 
  more 
  open 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  fewer 
  trees. 
  In 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  water-courses 
  G. 
  palpalis 
  and 
  G. 
  tachinoides 
  were 
  found 
  near 
  Maliki, 
  

   while 
  almost 
  everywhere 
  between 
  Makongo 
  and 
  Salaga 
  G. 
  morsitans 
  occurs. 
  

  

  (C10) 
  B 
  2 
  

  

  