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  JAS. 
  J. 
  SIMPSON 
  — 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  

  

  town 
  was 
  selected 
  as 
  a 
  segregation 
  area 
  for 
  European 
  officials, 
  and 
  bungalows 
  are 
  

   being 
  built 
  there. 
  This 
  should 
  improve 
  the 
  health 
  of 
  the 
  officials 
  at 
  Cape 
  Coast, 
  

   because 
  up 
  till 
  now 
  the 
  intermingling 
  of 
  European 
  quarters 
  and 
  native 
  shops 
  and 
  

   dwellings 
  was 
  a 
  crying 
  disgrace. 
  Mosquitos 
  are 
  far 
  from 
  uncommon 
  in 
  Cape 
  Coast, 
  

   but 
  sanitary 
  measures 
  are 
  being 
  stringently 
  carried 
  out, 
  and 
  the 
  good 
  effect 
  of 
  such 
  

   work 
  is 
  already 
  being 
  felt, 
  and 
  is 
  bound 
  to 
  be 
  still 
  more 
  marked 
  in 
  the 
  near 
  future. 
  The 
  

   following 
  species 
  are 
  not 
  uncommon 
  Culex 
  decens, 
  Culiciomyia 
  nebulosa, 
  Ochlerotatus 
  

   minutus, 
  Mansonioides 
  africanus, 
  Stegomyia 
  fasciata 
  and 
  S. 
  sugens. 
  Yellow 
  fever 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  stamped 
  out 
  in 
  this 
  town, 
  but 
  every 
  endeavour 
  is 
  being 
  

   made 
  to 
  secure 
  this 
  end. 
  

  

  Before 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  Sekondi-Coomassie 
  Railway, 
  Cape 
  Coast 
  was 
  a 
  

   much 
  more 
  important 
  town 
  than 
  at 
  present, 
  inasmuch 
  as 
  the 
  "Great 
  Northern 
  

   Road 
  " 
  to 
  Coomassie 
  started 
  from 
  this 
  port. 
  It 
  was 
  at 
  Cape 
  Coast 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  

   troops 
  were 
  landed 
  during 
  the 
  Ashanti 
  Wars, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  by 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  

   road 
  that 
  they 
  emerged 
  on 
  Coomassie. 
  Until 
  recently 
  this 
  road 
  has 
  been 
  neglected, 
  but 
  

   trade 
  and 
  other 
  considerations 
  have 
  rendered 
  the 
  reconstruction 
  of 
  it 
  advisable, 
  so 
  

   that 
  the 
  following 
  notes 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  out 
  of 
  place. 
  

  

  The 
  Cape 
  Coast-Coomassie 
  road 
  crosses 
  the 
  River 
  Prah 
  at 
  Prahsu 
  ; 
  at 
  one 
  place 
  

   (Moinsi 
  Hill), 
  it 
  attains 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  1,200 
  feet, 
  and 
  then 
  gradually 
  descends 
  to 
  

   Coomassie, 
  858 
  feet 
  above 
  sea-level. 
  The 
  total 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  road 
  is 
  120 
  miles. 
  

   Running 
  in 
  a 
  north-west 
  direction 
  the 
  road 
  enters 
  Ashanti 
  at 
  Prahsu, 
  and 
  then 
  

   gradually 
  approaches 
  the 
  railway, 
  which 
  it 
  crosses 
  several 
  times 
  between 
  Eduadin 
  

   and 
  Coomassie. 
  The 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  road 
  within 
  Ashanti 
  runs 
  through 
  dense 
  forest 
  

   and 
  crosses 
  numerous 
  streams, 
  e.g., 
  the 
  Fum, 
  Jym, 
  Dankrang, 
  Adra, 
  and 
  their 
  tribu- 
  

   taries. 
  In 
  this 
  region 
  G. 
  palpalis, 
  G. 
  pallicera 
  and 
  G. 
  fusca 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  at 
  

   various 
  places. 
  The 
  available 
  records 
  are 
  included 
  on 
  the 
  map. 
  

  

  Between 
  Cape 
  Coast 
  and 
  Saltpond 
  G. 
  longipalpis 
  occurs 
  the 
  whole 
  way, 
  but 
  the 
  

   only 
  other 
  blood-sucking 
  insect 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  was 
  T. 
  ruficrus. 
  Much 
  has 
  

   recently 
  been 
  done 
  at 
  Saltpond 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  improved 
  sanitation, 
  but 
  the 
  old 
  canoes 
  

   used 
  for 
  tanning 
  nets 
  are 
  the 
  chief 
  source 
  of 
  trouble 
  for 
  the 
  Medical 
  Officer. 
  From 
  

   Saltpond 
  to 
  Tantum 
  the 
  road 
  crosses 
  the 
  River 
  Nakwa. 
  G. 
  palpalis 
  were 
  there 
  

   found, 
  and 
  G. 
  longipalpis 
  is 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  around 
  Tantum. 
  G. 
  longipalpis 
  

   is 
  also 
  common 
  between 
  Tantum 
  and 
  Winneba 
  at 
  those 
  places 
  where 
  the 
  road 
  leaves 
  

   the 
  beach 
  and 
  enters 
  the 
  low 
  scrub. 
  These 
  flies 
  followed 
  the 
  carriers 
  in 
  several 
  

   places 
  to 
  high-water 
  mark. 
  They 
  are 
  also 
  sometimes 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  European 
  bunga- 
  

   lows 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  itself. 
  

  

  Mosquitos 
  are 
  troublesome 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Winneba, 
  coming 
  from 
  a 
  swamp 
  behind 
  

   the 
  town, 
  which 
  is 
  badly 
  drained, 
  and 
  also 
  from 
  the 
  casks 
  and 
  old 
  canoes 
  used 
  for 
  

   tanning 
  nets. 
  These 
  swarmed 
  with 
  mosquito 
  larvae, 
  mostly 
  Culicine, 
  but 
  also 
  

   Anopheline. 
  Between 
  Winneba 
  and 
  Feteh 
  G. 
  longipalpis 
  was 
  everywhere 
  abundant 
  

   in 
  those 
  regions 
  where 
  the 
  road 
  leaves 
  the 
  beach 
  and 
  enters 
  the 
  low 
  bush. 
  No 
  blood- 
  

   sucking 
  flies 
  were 
  seen 
  from 
  Winneba 
  to 
  Accra. 
  

  

  Reviewing 
  this 
  journey 
  from 
  Sekondi 
  to 
  Accra 
  one 
  sees 
  that 
  the 
  predominant 
  

   species 
  of 
  tsetse 
  is 
  G. 
  longipalpis 
  ; 
  G. 
  palpalis 
  is 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  mouths 
  of 
  the 
  rivers 
  

   and 
  G. 
  fusca 
  where 
  the 
  vegetation 
  is 
  dense. 
  Fishing 
  is 
  the 
  principal 
  industry 
  at 
  all 
  

   the 
  towns 
  and 
  villages, 
  and 
  the 
  casks, 
  old 
  canoes 
  and 
  other 
  receptacles 
  used 
  for 
  

   tanning 
  nets 
  are 
  the 
  principal 
  factors 
  in 
  maintaining 
  the 
  scourge 
  of 
  mosquitos 
  so 
  

  

  