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  JAS. 
  J. 
  SIMPSON 
  — 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  

  

  offices 
  ; 
  and 
  Christianborg, 
  a 
  native 
  town, 
  which 
  also 
  contains 
  Christianborg 
  Castle, 
  

   the 
  Kesidence 
  of 
  the 
  Governor. 
  

  

  From 
  Accra 
  a 
  railway 
  is 
  being 
  constructed 
  northwards 
  through 
  the 
  cocoa- 
  

   producing 
  country 
  in 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Province. 
  The 
  sanitary 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  

   has 
  been 
  greatly 
  improved 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years 
  by 
  the 
  clearing 
  of 
  congested 
  

   areas, 
  the 
  demolition 
  of 
  insanitary 
  houses, 
  the 
  laying 
  out 
  of 
  new 
  streets, 
  and 
  a 
  more 
  

   thorough 
  system 
  of 
  drainage. 
  A 
  water 
  supply 
  is 
  being 
  laid 
  down, 
  and 
  when 
  this 
  

   is 
  completed 
  it 
  will 
  enable 
  the 
  sanitary 
  authorities 
  to 
  do 
  further 
  good 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  

   way 
  of 
  exterminating 
  mosquitos. 
  

  

  Sekondi 
  is 
  also 
  an 
  important 
  town, 
  inasmuch 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  coast 
  terminus 
  of 
  the 
  

   Sekondi-Coomassie 
  railway, 
  which 
  supplies 
  the 
  gold-mining 
  district 
  and 
  the 
  cocoa- 
  

   producing 
  country 
  both 
  of 
  the 
  Colony 
  and 
  Ashanti. 
  

  

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  Ashanti. 
  — 
  To 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Colony 
  proper 
  and 
  separated 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  a 
  very 
  

   irregular 
  line 
  is 
  the 
  territory 
  known 
  as 
  Ashanti. 
  It 
  has 
  an 
  average 
  breadth 
  of 
  250 
  

   miles, 
  a 
  depth 
  inland 
  varying 
  from 
  50 
  to 
  120 
  miles, 
  and 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  approximately 
  

   20,000 
  square 
  miles. 
  It 
  is 
  physically 
  divided 
  into 
  the 
  dense 
  forest 
  country 
  of 
  the 
  

   south 
  and 
  the 
  open 
  grass 
  country 
  of 
  the 
  north. 
  The 
  forest 
  zone 
  is 
  generally 
  

   undulating 
  and 
  in 
  places 
  hilly, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  country 
  the 
  slopes 
  are 
  long 
  and 
  

   gradual. 
  

  

  The 
  capital 
  of 
  Ashanti 
  is 
  Coomassie 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  headquarters 
  of 
  a 
  Chief 
  Commissioner 
  

   and 
  a 
  Provincial 
  Medical 
  Officer, 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  terminus 
  of 
  the 
  railway 
  from 
  Sekondi 
  ; 
  

   it 
  is 
  surrounded 
  by 
  swamps 
  for 
  some 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  its 
  circumference, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  

   N.W. 
  and 
  S.E. 
  it 
  is 
  connected 
  by 
  firm 
  ground 
  with 
  the 
  adjoining 
  country, 
  which 
  is 
  

   covered 
  with 
  forest, 
  patches 
  of 
  bush, 
  or 
  elephant 
  grass. 
  Its 
  water 
  supply 
  is 
  amongst 
  

   the 
  best 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Coast 
  of 
  Africa. 
  The 
  town 
  is 
  naturally 
  well 
  drained, 
  for 
  the 
  

   ridge 
  on 
  which 
  it 
  stands 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  ironstone 
  and 
  gravel 
  merging 
  into 
  the 
  loam 
  

   of 
  the 
  swamps, 
  and 
  falls 
  about 
  70 
  or 
  80 
  feet 
  in 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  mile. 
  

  

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  The 
  Northern 
  Territories. 
  — 
  This 
  region 
  comprises 
  the 
  hinterland 
  of 
  the 
  Gold 
  

   Coast, 
  and 
  lies, 
  roughly 
  speaking, 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  Volta 
  Kiver, 
  which 
  enters 
  the 
  

   Gold 
  Coast 
  from 
  the 
  French 
  Ivory 
  Coast, 
  traverses 
  it 
  in 
  an 
  easterly 
  direction, 
  and 
  

   eventually 
  forms 
  the 
  boundary 
  between 
  the 
  British 
  and 
  German 
  territory. 
  The 
  

   area 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  Territories 
  is 
  estimated 
  at 
  36,000 
  square 
  miles. 
  They 
  lie 
  

   wholly 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  belt, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  described 
  as 
  a 
  gently 
  undulating 
  plateau 
  

   covered 
  with 
  savannah 
  forest, 
  with 
  which 
  is 
  mingled 
  open 
  savannah. 
  The 
  capital 
  

   of 
  the 
  Northern 
  Territories 
  is 
  Tamale, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  headquarters 
  of 
  a 
  Chief 
  

   Commissioner 
  and 
  a 
  Provincial 
  Medical 
  Officer. 
  

  

  (2.) 
  Physical 
  Configuration. 
  

  

  Generally 
  speaking, 
  the 
  country 
  along 
  the 
  sea-board 
  is 
  undulating 
  in 
  character, 
  

   especially 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Winneba, 
  where 
  extensive 
  plains 
  exist 
  between 
  the 
  coast 
  

   and 
  the 
  well-marked 
  hill 
  ranges 
  in 
  the 
  interior, 
  which 
  approach, 
  on 
  an 
  average, 
  to 
  

   within 
  fifteen 
  to 
  twenty 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  sea-shore. 
  Westwards 
  of 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  

   town 
  the 
  undulations 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  pronounced, 
  and 
  give 
  rise 
  to 
  low 
  hills 
  with 
  

   abrupt 
  slopes 
  facing 
  the 
  sea. 
  The 
  coast 
  line 
  is, 
  on 
  the 
  whole, 
  bold 
  and 
  well 
  defined,, 
  

   and 
  the 
  long 
  stretches 
  of 
  low-lying 
  mangrove 
  swamps, 
  so 
  characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  

   Southern 
  Nigerian 
  coast, 
  are 
  here 
  a 
  very 
  subordinate 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  

  

  