. A Collection of voyages and travels [microform] : some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English : in six volumes with a general preface giving an account of the progress of navigation from its first beginning. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. p, tm. il !. W%\,: â II . â¢!; il6 A Defiription of the Book HI. ttlm- wiiH. which I Ihill foon fpeak. Neither of W^' thole European nations dare oppofe the na- tives trading witlj interlopers or others, for fear of being ruin'd themfelves } for thofe Blads are defperate, and can bring toge- t
. A Collection of voyages and travels [microform] : some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English : in six volumes with a general preface giving an account of the progress of navigation from its first beginning. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. p, tm. il !. W%\,: â II . â¢!; il6 A Defiription of the Book HI. ttlm- wiiH. which I Ihill foon fpeak. Neither of W^' thole European nations dare oppofe the na- tives trading witlj interlopers or others, for fear of being ruin'd themfelves } for thofe Blads are defperate, and can bring toge- ther eight or ten thoufand men in a very fliort time: befides, that tiiey may ihut up the pafles to the Aicanez and other nations not thward, which drive a great trade to the fca-coaft, as well for European goods, as for fidi and white fait, of which laft vaft quantities are fi nt to Accanez \ for which privilege thofc people pay a certain duty in gold to the Fanlhiians. Moft of that is made by the heat of the fun, in a large lake, not far ciltant from the town, Tlierc is no doubt, but thofe Fantinians are a very ibrmidable nation ; and were it not for tlie continual divifions among them- felves, they might prove very troublefome to their neighbours. The inland people employ themfelves in tillage ana trade, and fupply the markets with fruit, corn,and palm-wine ; the country jiroiluciiig fucii valt plenty of niaiz or Jndi.'in wlieat, that abundanr is daily cx- povtcd, as well by Europeans, as Blach re- foriing thitht-r from other parts. Here is a fort of palm-wine, called Quaker, figni- fying the fame as in EngliJ/j, having an extraordinary exhilarating quality, wlien plentifully drank â¢, and is fold for double the iirice of the common fort, the Blaih having b p'^at a vahae for it, that there is feldom enough to anfwer the demand. Tliis country is alfo very rich in gold, (laves, and all forts of provifions. Anican or Ingemisi 'N Village, T I ES about three quarters of
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