The people also assured us that it runs
along the coast, ending near and north of the Bein Fort-village.
In the evening my companion and Mr. Grant walked to the north-west of the
concession; the place is called by Mr. Walker Izia-bookah (Izia Hill), but
the natives ignore the term. Here, at a distance of 900 yards north and by
west (true) of the Arabokasu village, they found and collected specimens
of a fine reef of hard white quartz. 'Women's washings' were numerous,
showing the proper way to begin working the ground. The right of
prospecting the whole of the section to the N.E. had been secured by Mr.
Walker for Mr. Irvine, and presently the 'Apollonian concession' appeared
in the mining journals.
We had now done all we could; the circumstances of the case compelled us
to study the geology and topography of the property rather than its
geology and mineralogy. Nothing now remained save to _rebrousser chemin_.
Good King Blay, who had formally made over to me possession of the 'Izrah'
mine, left us for his own village, in order to cure an inflamed foot. He
attributed it to the 'fetish' of some unfriend; but it turned out to be
Guinea-worm, a malady from which many are suffering this season.
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