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MISSION TO ASHANTEE. 
to divert the fatigue of these reiterated trading journies : their 
evidence, therefore, was a genuine and acceptable check on the 
Moorish and Negro adults. 
The difficulty of adjusting geography by investigation only, is 
not diminished by the numerous small states, scarcely less frequent 
than those of modern Italy, which we find to compose this part of 
Western Africa. 
Any thing like observations of the Sun's place, during a journey, 
seemed to be so uncommon to the Natives, and so secondary to 
the Moors, from their confused accounts of the occasional changes, 
that, after expending much time to no purpose, I was obliged to 
content myself with placing the different kingdoms in the same 
direction as their several paths bore from Coomassie, taking every 
precaution to be convinced that the paths did not cross each 
other ; and afterwards adjusting the positions by the various 
auxiliary evidence which occurred in the general course of my 
enquiries. 1 allow 15 miles for each days journey (which, from 
observation and report, I have reason to think is the average) and 
two thirds of the sum to be made good on the horizontal distance, 
as we found this to be nearly the case in our journey from 
Annamaboe to Coomassie ; the distance travelled being 146 miles, 
Annamaboe laying in 6° 4' N., and 1° 43' W., and the latitude of 
Coomassie being 6° 34' 50" N. ; and the longitude 2° 1 1' W. by 
the mean of the observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's 1st and 
2nd satellites. 
I procured the numerals of the various countries whenever I 
could, to assist future enquirers. 
There are nine great paths leading from Coomassie, the Dwabin, 
Akim, Assin, Warsaw, Sauee, Gaman, Soko, Daboia, and 
Sallagha. 
Dwabin is not more than three quarters of a day's journey 
