Africa . could thenbe easUy 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. C^Shea butter, palm oil, sldns,cotton, rice, and native aprons, constitute tlie principalarticles of North of the seventh parallel on theVolta the river flows through a ;grairie country, withclumps of
Africa . could thenbe easUy 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. C^Shea butter, palm oil, sldns,cotton, rice, and native aprons, constitute tlie principalarticles of North of the seventh parallel on theVolta the river flows through a ;grairie 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 froniYegiy,the highest point yet attained on the Volta, hes the L 146 COMPENDIUM OF GEOGEAPHY AND TRAVEL. famous city of Salaga, or Paraha, the greatest commercialemporium of this part of Africa. It is described asstanding on a rising ground in the midst of a vast 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 Dieime, 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. Tlie Slave Coast—Eioe Tribe. East of Ashantee lies the Slave Coast, the country oithe Eive or Krepe tribes, stretching from the coast north-wards to the domam 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__jplain, or steppe, varied by pleasantlittle coco gToves, with towns and villages. The fertilityof the soil gradually increases with the number of rivu-lets and s
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