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Caption: "The South Prospect of the English and Dutch Forts at Commenda . . . call'd Commany by the Dutch and Commenda by the English who have here a fort which is the largest & strongest of any subordinate to Cape-Coast"; gives details on the fort and notes "under shelter of each of the fort guns are Negroe towns. . . . The natives are mostly fishermen & very dextrous at throwing a cast net wherewith they catch most of their fish . . . . They eat it with Cankee, a sort of bread made of maize . . and mix'd with palm wine . . . . The chief trade of this place is in slaves and elephants teeth . . . " Smith made this survey for the Royal African Company.