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the canoe-men dared not to approach. Nine miles from Chama, 
where the Dutch have a fort called Sebastian, is Succondee, the 
first town in the Ahanta comitry. The Enghsh fort was destroyed 
by the French in the American war, but there is a settlement 
house. The Dutch fort is called Orange. Four miles from Suc- 
condee is Taccorary, and a Dutch fort. Nine miles beyond is 
Boutrie where the Dutch have a fort, formerly belonging to the 
Brandenburgh Company. Three miles from Boutrie is Dix-Cove, 
or Nfooma, and in the interval Boossooa, the capital of Ahanta, 
which is divided into three districts, Amanfoo, Adoom, and Poho. 
The first is about one journey (through Geamma) behind Boossooa, 
and one from the river Ancobra, the caboceer is of the next con- 
sequence to the King, whose power' and means are extremely . 
limited. The two latter districts are not more than half a journey 
behind Taccorary. The small river running into the sea at Bou- 
trie, rises in the Adoom district, which is said to abound in gold, 
but the pits have not been worked for many years, from their fear 
of the Warsaws. Amanfee also abounds in very fine gold, which 
is generally found in quartz, and is ground upon stones arranged 
under large sheds for the purpose. In a respectable periodical 
publication of the last year, I observe, the King of Ashantee called 
King of Ahanta, Inta, or Ashantee ; this is one of the many proofs 
of the indiscriminate ideas of that monarch before the Mission. 
Eighteen miles from Dix-Cove passing Achooma and Accoda, 
(where the Dutch have a fort, and which is close to Cape Three 
Points) are the ruins of Hollandia, formerly belonging to the 
Brandenburgh Company, and called Fort Royal Fredericksburg. 
Sixteen miles farther is Axira, where the Dutch fort Anthony, 
their Vice Presidency, is situated. The people of Axim speak a 
dialect of the Ahanta. About two miles westward is the mouth of 
the Ancobra, so called by the Portuguese from its windings, the 
