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fifteen miles : the only way of getting there is by a sort 
of palanquin or basket, carried by means of two poles, 
on the heads of two, sometimes four, negroes. Mr. 
Dali, by providing abundantly for all their wants, caused 
the corthje to amount to about sixteen persons. The 
direction, according to the compass, was almost exactly 
N. byE. They started at half-past eleven o’clock. The 
greatest part of the way was through Savannahs, covered 
with grasses and Cyperacece^ intermixed with many spe- 
cies of shrubby and half shrubby Leguminosce, besides 
many Malvaceae, though only a few species. Trees 
were scattered about, viz,, Bombax, the genus of Cape 
Coast, which appears related to Crescentia^ Ficus, 
Fan palms, Euphorbia drussifera, quite distinct on 
account of its naked spur-like branches, wdth only a 
few stilf leaves at the extreme points ; and near the 
village and huts, Tamarinds and Hibiscus. Near the 
coast the soil is sandy, like decomposed sandstone ; it 
now improved, and served for the culture of Indian corn, 
Cassava, Yams, Arachis, various sorts of Cucurbitce, 
and Bananas. Cocos were cultivated but little here, or in 
any part of Africa which we have seen. They crossed 
several ridges of hills, aifording pleasant views over the 
surrounding country, covered with fresh green, and got 
then into the jungle, where the shrubs common on this 
coast grew abundantly, about a man’s height, and closely 
interwoven with creepers. Leguminosm diminished, 
Rubiacece increased, and Sarcocephalus, described by 
Schumacher as Cephalina esculenfa,\y^.^ not uncommon. 
