﻿RESEARCH 
  ON 
  THE 
  GOLD 
  COAST. 
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  the 
  country 
  is 
  hilly 
  and 
  extremely 
  open, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  water 
  on 
  the 
  road. 
  At 
  

   Zuaragu 
  is 
  stationed 
  a 
  company 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  African 
  Frontier 
  Force 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  

   indigenous 
  native 
  town. 
  Anopheles 
  costalis 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  blood-sucking 
  insect 
  seen. 
  

  

  From 
  Zuaragu 
  to 
  Navaro 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  very 
  open 
  and 
  thickly 
  populated 
  ; 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  Navaro 
  is 
  scattered 
  over 
  several 
  miles. 
  Here 
  is 
  stationed 
  a 
  Provincial 
  Com- 
  

   missioner. 
  Tabanus 
  biguttatus 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  insect 
  recorded 
  from 
  this 
  region. 
  Between 
  

   Navaro 
  and 
  Nakon 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  undulating 
  and 
  almost 
  devoid 
  of 
  vegetation. 
  Near 
  

   Nakon 
  the 
  Sissili 
  River, 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  White 
  Volta, 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  crossed, 
  and 
  there 
  

   Glossina 
  tachinoides, 
  Tabanus 
  pertinens, 
  T. 
  gratus 
  and 
  T. 
  taeniola 
  were 
  captured. 
  

   Game 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  plentiful 
  all 
  along 
  this 
  river. 
  

  

  From 
  Nakon 
  to 
  Batiasan 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  undulating, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  numerous 
  bare 
  

   rocky 
  mountains 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity. 
  Game, 
  including 
  elephant, 
  hartebeeste 
  and 
  duiker, 
  

   is 
  abundant, 
  and 
  there 
  the 
  following 
  blood-sucking 
  insects 
  were 
  taken 
  : 
  — 
  Glossina 
  

   morsitans, 
  Tabanus 
  gratus, 
  T. 
  pertinens, 
  T. 
  taeniola 
  and 
  T. 
  ditaeniatus. 
  No 
  species 
  

   of 
  blood-sucking 
  fly 
  was 
  seen 
  between 
  Batiasan 
  and 
  Tumu. 
  Game 
  is 
  also 
  plentiful 
  

   at 
  Tumu, 
  and 
  there 
  G. 
  tachinoides, 
  G. 
  morsitans, 
  Tabanus 
  gratus, 
  T. 
  biguttalus 
  var. 
  

   croceus 
  and 
  Anopheles 
  costalis 
  were 
  caught. 
  G. 
  tachinoides 
  were 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  pools 
  

   left 
  by 
  a 
  falling 
  stream, 
  and 
  G. 
  morsitans 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  open 
  country. 
  From 
  the 
  nasal 
  

   fossae 
  of 
  a 
  hartebeeste 
  shot 
  there 
  several 
  large 
  "bots 
  " 
  were 
  taken. 
  

  

  Between 
  Tumu 
  and 
  Lorha 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  undulating 
  and 
  very 
  open, 
  and 
  not 
  a 
  

   single 
  blood-sucking 
  insect 
  was 
  seen 
  in 
  a 
  trek 
  of 
  over 
  72 
  miles. 
  About 
  12 
  miles 
  

   north 
  of 
  Lorha 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  village, 
  Penyabi, 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  River 
  Volta, 
  which 
  in 
  

   this 
  part 
  forms 
  the 
  boundary 
  between 
  French 
  Upper 
  Senegal 
  and 
  the 
  Northern 
  

   Territories 
  of 
  the 
  Gold 
  Coast. 
  Hippopotami 
  occur 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  which 
  is 
  

   deep 
  and 
  slow-flowing. 
  In 
  the 
  surrounding 
  country 
  there 
  is 
  game 
  of 
  various 
  kinds, 
  

   including 
  roan 
  antelope, 
  cob, 
  reedbuck, 
  oribi 
  and 
  wart-hog. 
  * 
  Near 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  

   river 
  Glossina 
  palpalis 
  and 
  G. 
  tachinoides 
  were 
  found, 
  and 
  towards 
  Penyabi, 
  

   G. 
  morsitans 
  was 
  far 
  from 
  rare. 
  Other 
  blood-sucking 
  insects 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  

   include 
  Tabanus 
  gratus, 
  T. 
  taeniola 
  and 
  T. 
  ditaeniatus. 
  From 
  a 
  wart-hog 
  shot 
  at 
  

   Penyabi, 
  Hyalomma 
  aegyptium 
  and 
  Rhipicephalus 
  simus 
  were 
  obtained. 
  On 
  the 
  

   Volta 
  River, 
  near 
  Lorha, 
  G. 
  palpalis 
  was 
  also 
  captured, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  than 
  probable 
  

   that 
  this 
  species 
  occurs 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  river 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  

  

  Lorha 
  is 
  the 
  headquarters 
  of 
  a 
  District 
  Commissioner 
  and 
  a 
  Medical 
  Officer, 
  and 
  

   has 
  the 
  unenviable 
  reputation 
  of 
  being 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  worst 
  places 
  for 
  Guinea-worm 
  in 
  

   the 
  Gold 
  Coast. 
  The 
  constabulary 
  suffer 
  very 
  much 
  from 
  this 
  disease, 
  and 
  hardly 
  

   ever 
  is 
  the 
  hospital 
  without 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  cases. 
  Four, 
  five 
  and 
  six 
  Guinea-worms 
  in 
  

   one 
  individual 
  are 
  not 
  uncommon, 
  and 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  seventeen 
  have 
  been 
  found. 
  

  

  (7.) 
  Lorha 
  to 
  Kinfampo. 
  

  

  This 
  road 
  runs 
  practically 
  due 
  south, 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  Anglo-French 
  frontier. 
  From 
  

   Lorha 
  to 
  Nadawle 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  very 
  open 
  and 
  park-like, 
  and 
  no 
  blood-sucking 
  

   insects 
  were 
  seen 
  during 
  this 
  trek. 
  At 
  Nadawle, 
  however, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  far 
  from 
  

   the 
  River 
  Volta, 
  both 
  Glossina 
  palpalis 
  and 
  G. 
  tachinoides 
  occur. 
  Near 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  

   Wa, 
  Tabanus 
  taeniola 
  was 
  caught, 
  and 
  the 
  only 
  other 
  record 
  from 
  this 
  region 
  is 
  

   Chrysops 
  longicornis. 
  Dr. 
  Watt, 
  who 
  was 
  stationed 
  at 
  Wa 
  during 
  my 
  visit, 
  informed 
  

   me 
  that 
  he 
  once 
  caught 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  Glossina 
  longipalpis, 
  but 
  tsetse 
  are 
  

   extremely 
  rare 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  Wa 
  has 
  also 
  a 
  bad 
  reputation 
  for 
  Guinea-worm. 
  

  

  