_: nor yet _Kouri_--though it has a few resemblances
to all.

The author of the paper alluded to above is the Rev. Mr. Hanson--himself
a Gha by birth. It was laid before the British Association in 1849. Two
points characterize the theory that it exhibits; but as the publication
of the paper _in extenso_, is contemplated, I merely state what they
are.

1. A remarkable number of customs common to the _Jews_ and the _Gha_.

2. The probable origin of the latter population in some part of the
interior of Africa, north of their present locality, and, perhaps, in
the parts about Timbuktu.

_The Quaquas._--I am not sure that this name is the best that can be
given to the class in question. Hence, it is merely provisional. The
language that is spoken by them is called the _Avekvom_. They constitute
the chief population of the _Ivory_--just as the Krumen do that of the
_Grain_ and the Fantis that of the _Gold_--Coast. _Apollonia_ is the
English dependency where we find members of the _Quaqua_ stock.

The Avekvom dialects of the Quaqua tribes seem to belong to a different
tongue from that of the Krumen and Fantis; and I imagine that the three
are mutually unintelligible. Still, it is difficult to predicate this
from the mere inspection of vocabularies; the more so, as no language of
the western coast of Africa is less known than the Avekvom--the only
specimen of any length being one in the last number of the "Journal of
the American Oriental Society." With numerous miscellaneous affinities,
it is more Fanti and Grebo than aught else; and, perhaps, is
transitional in character to those two languages.

At any rate it is no isolated tongue, as may be seen from the following
table, where _Yebu_ means the language of the Yarriba country, at the
back of Dahomey, and _Efik_ that of Old Calabar:--

ENGLISH. AVEKVOM. OTHER IBO-ASHANTI LANGUAGES.

_Arm_ ebo ubok, _Efik_.
_Blood_ evie eyip, _Efik_; eye, _Yebu_.
_Bone_ ewi beu, _Fanti_.
_Box_ ebru branh, _Grebo_.
_Canoe_ edie tonh, _Grebo_.
_Chair_ fata bada, _Grebo_.
_Dark_ eshim esum, _Fanti_; ekim, _Efik_.
_Dog_ etye aja, ayga, _Yebu_.
_Door_ eshinavi usuny, _Efik_.
_Ear_ eshibe esoa, _Fanti_.
_Fire_ eya ija, _Fanti_