Africa . ids could thenbe easily passed by a steamer. Kpando (6° 50 K), not far from the left bank ofthe river, is the most important commercial town in theforest region through which the lower Volta passes. Itwas destroyed by the Ashantees in 1869, and its in-habitants were dispersed or carried off into slavery, butin 1875 it had recovered a population of 2500, and hada well-stocked market. Shea butter, palm oil, skins,cotton, rice, and native aprons, constitute the principalarticles of trade. North of the seventh parallel on theVolta the river flows through a prairie country, withclumps of g
Africa . ids could thenbe easily passed by a steamer. Kpando (6° 50 K), not far from the left bank ofthe river, is the most important commercial town in theforest region through which the lower Volta passes. Itwas destroyed by the Ashantees in 1869, and its in-habitants were dispersed or carried off into slavery, butin 1875 it had recovered a population of 2500, and hada well-stocked market. Shea butter, palm oil, skins,cotton, rice, and native aprons, constitute the principalarticles of trade. North of the seventh parallel on theVolta the river flows through a prairie country, withclumps of gum and butter trees, and abounding inantelopes, wild hogs, leopards, and monkeys. In about8° 10 K, at a distance of 22 miles eastward from Yegiy,the highest point yet attained on the Volta, lies the L 146 COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL. famous city of Salaga, or Parana, the greatest commercialemporium of this part of Africa. It is described asstanding on a rising ground in the midst of a vast ASHANTEES. Before the Ashantee war it had upwards of 40,000 inhabit-ants, but many of its houses are now unoccupied. purchased ivory here at 6d. a pound, and fortypounds of wax for 3d. Several important routes divergefrom Salaga; one leading west to Buntuku, the capital ofDiaman, a country abounding in gold and ivory; another DAHOMEY. 147 north-east to Dienne, the capital of Dagomba, said to beas large a town as Salaga itself; and still a third toDaboya and Kong, at the foot of the mountains. 12. The Slave Coast—Ewe Tribe. East of Ashantee lies the Slave Coast, the country ofthe Ewe or Krepe tribes, stretching from the coast north-wards to the domain of the Wirma-Donto, and boundedon the west by the river Volta. Along the coast areseveral lagoons, and for a days journey inland thereextends a flat grass plain, or steppe, varied by pleasantlittle cocoa groves, with towns and villages. The fertilityof the soil gradually increases with the number of rivu-lets and strea
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