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eastward from Coomassie, by the route No. 1.; in which I have 
retained only the larger towns, omitting the villages ; as I shall 
invariably. The river Dah is crossed close to the w^estward of 
Dwabin, and said to be as wide as we found it at Sarrasoo. Two 
journies beyond Dwabin is a small dependent district called 
Mohoo. Several names, such as Measee, Marmpon, Akrofroom, 
&c. will be found common to different states, as Larissa, Argos, 
and Thebes were in antient Greece. 
There is an eastern branch of the Akim path, entered immedi- 
ately on leaving Coomassie, to a country called Quaoo, northward 
of Akim, (of which it seems formerly to have been a district) and 
adjoining the Volta. Diabbee is its principal town, and the second 
Wantomoo, 8 journies from Coomassie by route No. .2. The 
latter is situated at the foot of a mountain whence the Boosempra 
issues, with two smaller rivers, the Soobirree and Sesee, running 
to the Kirradee. This district is entered the 3d day from 
Coomassie. 
There are two routes to Accra through Akim, the capital of 
which is Bannasoo, 5 journies, and the northern frontier town 
Feea, 3 journies from Coomassie. The easternmost route to Accra 
is 15 journies ; the other is made 17 journies to pass near the lake 
Boosmaquee. This lake, 3 journies from Coomassie, was described 
as four miles long, and nearly three broad ; upwards of thirty 
small crooms were reckoned situated around it, supported by 
fishing : the water was said to be unpleasant to drink,^and to give 
a reddish hue to the hair of the people who washed in it. Fish 
were forwarded thence daily for the King's table, by relays of men. 
It was called the white mans fetish, there being a popular super- 
stition, nourished by the Moors, that Europeans were to join it 
with the sea, to introduce vessels for the subjugation of the coun- 
try. Close to the lake is a mountain called Quashee Boposoo, 
