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  JAS. 
  J. 
  SIMPSON 
  — 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  

  

  exposed 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  inches 
  of 
  water 
  to 
  the 
  full 
  blaze 
  of 
  the 
  sun. 
  The 
  vegetation 
  on 
  the 
  

   river 
  banks 
  is 
  very 
  dense 
  and 
  practically 
  no 
  clearing 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  around 
  the 
  

   station. 
  

  

  Nkami, 
  about 
  18 
  miles 
  further 
  south, 
  is 
  the 
  next 
  Preventive 
  Service 
  station. 
  The 
  

   road 
  runs 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  river 
  about 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  from 
  it. 
  Between 
  the 
  road 
  

   and 
  the 
  river 
  the 
  vegetation 
  is 
  best 
  described 
  as 
  a 
  fringing 
  forest, 
  but 
  inland 
  from 
  

   the 
  road 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  open 
  and 
  park-like 
  in 
  character. 
  This 
  whole 
  area 
  is 
  burnt 
  

   during 
  the 
  dry 
  season. 
  Several 
  dry 
  water-courses 
  occur 
  in 
  this 
  region, 
  and 
  these 
  are 
  

   also 
  fringed 
  by 
  thick 
  bush. 
  At 
  several 
  of 
  these 
  G. 
  palpalis 
  was 
  captured, 
  and 
  at 
  one 
  

   place 
  Tabanus 
  taeniola. 
  G. 
  palpalis 
  was 
  also 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Preventive 
  Service 
  quar- 
  

   ters 
  at 
  Nkami. 
  Between 
  Nkami 
  and 
  Fasu, 
  the 
  next 
  Preventive 
  Service 
  station, 
  and 
  

   onwards 
  to 
  Wupe, 
  the 
  road 
  and 
  country 
  are 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  described 
  above. 
  

   G. 
  palpalis 
  was 
  everywhere 
  abundant 
  along 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  

   European 
  quarters 
  of 
  Fasu 
  and 
  Wupe. 
  

  

  At 
  Wupe 
  I 
  managed 
  to 
  obtain 
  canoes, 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  journey 
  was 
  

   accomplished 
  by 
  river. 
  From 
  Dodi 
  I 
  visited 
  the 
  Sleeping 
  Sickness 
  Camp 
  at 
  Anum, 
  

   situated 
  on 
  a 
  high 
  hill 
  commanding 
  an 
  extensive 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  surrounding 
  

   country. 
  No 
  tsetse 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  on 
  this 
  hill. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  my 
  visit 
  there 
  

   were 
  no 
  sleeping 
  sickness 
  cases 
  in 
  the 
  hospital. 
  

  

  A 
  return 
  to 
  the 
  river 
  was 
  made 
  via 
  Labalaba, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  experimental 
  stations 
  of 
  

   the 
  British 
  Cotton- 
  Growing 
  Association. 
  G. 
  palpalis 
  was 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  this 
  region, 
  

   and 
  the 
  site 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  European 
  bungalow 
  was 
  built 
  is 
  low-lying 
  and 
  altogether 
  

   unfit 
  for 
  occupation. 
  

  

  The 
  journey 
  from 
  Labalaba 
  to 
  Kpong 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  canoe; 
  G. 
  palpalis 
  was 
  very 
  

   troublesome 
  all 
  along 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  From 
  Kpong 
  to 
  Akuse 
  a 
  new 
  road 
  is 
  

   being 
  made, 
  but 
  a 
  great 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  region 
  is 
  under 
  water 
  during 
  the 
  wet 
  season. 
  

   On 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  continual 
  intercourse 
  between 
  the 
  Gold 
  Coast 
  

   and 
  Togoland, 
  and 
  smuggling 
  is 
  always 
  being 
  attempted. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  

   of 
  native 
  Preventive 
  Police 
  at 
  the 
  various 
  stations, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  region 
  is 
  patrolled 
  

   by 
  European 
  Preventive 
  Officers. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  regular 
  well-cleared 
  ferries, 
  nor 
  is 
  

   the 
  clearing 
  around 
  the 
  stations 
  by 
  any 
  means 
  adequate, 
  although 
  the 
  stations 
  

   themselves 
  are 
  exceedingly 
  well 
  kept. 
  Extensive 
  clearing 
  at 
  the 
  important 
  cross- 
  

   ings 
  and 
  around 
  the 
  stations 
  is 
  strongly 
  to 
  be 
  recommended, 
  especially 
  as 
  sleeping 
  

   sickness 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  uncommon 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  

  

  (3.) 
  Akuse 
  to 
  Coomassie. 
  

  

  This 
  route 
  traverses 
  the 
  Birrim 
  District 
  of 
  the 
  Colony 
  and 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  Central 
  Province 
  of 
  Ashanti. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  regular 
  road, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  native 
  bush- 
  

   paths 
  connecting 
  the 
  various 
  villages 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  followed. 
  This 
  made 
  the 
  trek 
  a 
  

   very 
  sinuous 
  one, 
  and 
  many 
  hills 
  were 
  crossed. 
  

  

  Between 
  Akuse 
  and 
  Somanya 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  level 
  and 
  open, 
  and 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  

   between 
  Akuse 
  and 
  Dodowa. 
  After 
  Somanya 
  several 
  high 
  hills 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  crossed, 
  

   and 
  the 
  vegetation 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  dense. 
  Near 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Asamang 
  about 
  half- 
  

   way 
  to 
  Komfrodua 
  Glossina 
  palpalis 
  was 
  found. 
  From 
  Komfrodua 
  to 
  Tafo 
  the 
  

   country 
  is 
  fairly 
  level, 
  and 
  everywhere 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  thick 
  bush. 
  No 
  blood-sucking 
  

   insects 
  were 
  seen 
  during 
  this 
  trek. 
  

  

  