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have been derived from this name, being otherwise unknown.. 
Three journies north-eastward of Yahndi is Sokoquo or Ensoko, 
also a considerable town. 
Yahndi is described to be beyond comparison larger than 
Coomassie, the houses much better built and ornamented. The 
Ashantees who had visited it, told me, they frequenlly lost them- 
selves in the streets. The King, Inana Tanquaree, has been con- 
verted by the Moors, who have settled there in great numbers. 
Mr. Lucas called it the Mahomedan kingdom of Degomba, and it 
was represented to him as pecuharly wealthy and civilized. The 
markets of Yahndi are described as animated scenes of commerce, 
constantly crowded with merchants from almost all the countries; 
of the interior. Horses and cattle abound, and immense flocks are 
possessed even by the poorer class. The numerals of Dagwumba 
and Yngwa differing, I submit both. 
Y7igwa, 
Dagwumba. 
One 
Lakoo 
Yahndo 
Two 
Ayee 
Ayee 
Three 
Attah 
Attah 
Four 
Anahee 
- Nasee 
Five 
Leerennoo - 
Ennoon 
Six 
Ayoboo 
- Yohbee 
Seven 
Ayapai 
Poiee 
Eight 
Annee 
Nehenoo 
Nine 
Awai 
Whyee 
Ten 
Pea 
Edoo. 
Yahndi is named after the numeral one, from its pre-eminehte" 
Sarem is the name of a region, including Gaman, Inta, and Dag- 
wumba, so called from the open nature of those countries. 
placed as the capital of Ashantee, and two or three large Portuguese tov/BSj one St. 
Lawrence, with several convents and crosses between it and the Coast. 
