The African Repository, and Colonial Journal, 1829, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)
Author | : American Colonization Society |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2018-01-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 0483798517 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780483798519 |
Rating | : 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Excerpt from The African Repository, and Colonial Journal, 1829, Vol. 4 Coomassie, the Capital of Ashantee, lies about one hundred and fifty miles m the interior, north of Cape Coast Castle. The expedition found the paths through the Fantee territory in many places excessively bad, but the slowness and difficulty of their progress was in some measure compensated by the povel and striking aspect of the country, and the occasional surpassing beauty of the region through which they passed. The second, day they entered a valley profusely covered with pines, aloes, and lilies; and richly varied with palm, banana, plantain, and guava trees; the view was refreshed by gentle risings, crowned with cotton trees of a stupendous size. 1 I never saw, says Mr. Bowdich, soil so rich, or vegetation so luxuriant. The following is the account given of one of the Fantee Crooms, (vil lages) situated about twenty miles from the coast. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.