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By the hydraulic method, however, the cost of cutting away and excavating is so trifling that there is scarcely any bank of earth which will not pay the expense of washing down in order to reach the rich deposits of gold beneath. To conclude. At the sleeping-place, Kumprasi, we were visited by Mr.
We caught the north-east Trade a little north of Cape Palmas, and kept it till near Grand Canary. On April 13, greatly improved by the pleasant voyage and by complete repose, I rejoiced once more in landing at the fair isle Madeira. And now Cameronus loquitur. Leaving Axim on March 16, I slept at Kumprasi and remarked a great change in the bar of the Ancobra River.
To the native name, 'Anku' or 'Manku, the Portuguese added Cobra, expressing its snaky course. Sánmá is still the name of the settlement on the right bank near the rivermouth. We rested at Kumprasi, a few huts close to the embouchure of the iron-bedded Avin streamlet and backwater. The little zinc-roofed hut, called by courtesy a store, belonging to Messieurs Swanzy, was closed.
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