.
_Fish_ etsi eja, eya, _Fanti_.
_Fowl_ esu suseo, _Mandingo_; edia, _Yebu_.
_Ground-nut_ ngeti nkatye, _Fanti_.
_Hair_ emu ihwi, _Fanti_.
_Honey_ ajo ewo, _Fanti_; oyi, _Yebu_.
_House_ eva ifi, _Fanti_; ufog, _Efik_.
_Moon_ efe habo, _Grebo_; ofiong, _Efik_.
_Mosquito_ efo obong, _Fanti_.
_Oil_ inyu ingo, _Fanti_.
_Rain_ efuzumo-sohn sanjio, _Mandingo_.
_Rainy season_ eshi ojo, _rain_, _Yebu_.
_Salt_ etsa ta, _Grebo_.
_Sand_ esian-na utan, _Efik_.
_Sea_ etyu idu, _Grebo_.
_Stone_ desi sia, shia, _Grebo_.
_Thread_ jesi gise, _Grebo_.
_Tooth_ enena nyeng, _Mandingo_; gne, _Grebo_.
_Water_ esonh nsu, _Fanti_.
_Wife_ emise muso, _Mandingo_; mbesia, _Fanti_.
_Cry_ yaru isu, _Fanti_.
_Give_ nae nye, _Grebo_; no, _Efik_.
_Go_ le olo, _Yebu_.
_Kill_ bai fa, _Mandingo_; pa, _Yebu_.

There has been war and displacement here as well as in the Gha country.
In the seventeenth century the parts about Cape Apollonia were contended
for by two tribes called the Issini (or Oshin) and the Ghiomo. The
former gave way to the latter, and having retreated to the country of
the Veteres, were joined by that tribe against the Esiep.

A Quaqua prayer is given in the "Mithridates." It is uttered every
morning by the tribes on the Issini, after a previous ablution in that
river--_Anghiume mame maro, mame orie, mame shikke e okkori, mame akaka,
mame frembi, mame anguan e awnsan_--_O Anghiume! give rice, give yams,
give gold, give aigris, give slaves, give riches, give (to be) strong
and swift._

What is here written about the ethnology of Apollonia is written
doubtfully; since here, as at Acra, the simple ethnology of the pure and
proper Fantis becomes complicated.

_The Cape of Good Hope._--The aboriginal population of the Cape is
divided between two great families:--

1. The Hottentot.

2. The Kaffre.

1. _The Hottentots._--Of the two families this is the most western; it
is the one which the colonists came first in contact with, and it is