86  Fr.  Müller.
in  New-Haven,  war  so  gütig  das  seltene  Büchlein  von  W.  G.  Crock  er
über  das  Basa  aus  der  Bibliothek  des  Yale  College,  sowie  die
Arbeiten  Payne’s  über  das  Grebo  aus  der  Bibliothek  der  American ­
  Oriental  Society  für  mich  auszuleihen.  Beide  liebe  Freunde
mögen  für  ihre  Dienste  meinen  innigsten  Dank  genehmigen.
Das  Gebiet  des  Basa  liegt  in  der  Negerrepublik  Liberia
etwa  unter  6°  nördl.  Br.  und  10°  westl.  L.  (Gr.),  im  Norden
des  Kru.  —  Der  Titel  der  darauf  bezüglichen  grammatischen
Quelle,  den  ich  bei  der  Seltenheit  der  letzteren  ausführlich  mittheile, ­
  lautet:  Grammatical  observations  |  on  the  |  Basa  1  language;
  |  by  the  late  |  Rev.  Wm.  G.  Crocker.  |  Printed  Edina,
Liberia,  W.  A.  |  at  the  Baptist  mission  press.  |  1844.  |  First
edition.  |  James  C.  Minor,  —  printer.  16  °.  23  pg.
Das  Grebo  wird  in  der  Umgebung  des  Cape  Palmas  gesprochen ­
  ,to  the  East  of  Grand  Sestros  and  West  of  Bereby‘
(Bleek).  Die  Titel  meiner  neuesten  Quellen  lauten:  Grebo
grammar:  |  for  the  use  |  of  the  |  Protestant  Episcopal  Mission  |
at  |  Cape  Palmas  and  parts  adjacent,  |  West  Africa.  |  by  the  |
Rt.  Rev.  John  Payne,  D.  D.  |  Printed  for  the  Mission  |  by  the
American  tract  society  |  150  Nassau-street,  New-York.  |  1864.  |
12°.  66  pg.  und:  A  j  dictionary  |  of  the  |  Grebo  language  ]  by  |
Rt.  Rev.  John  Payne,  D.  D.  |  of  the  |  Protestant  Episcopal  Mission, ­
  j  Cape  Palmas,  West  Africa.  |  Philadelphia:  King  &  Baird,
Printers,  No  607  Sansom-street.  |  1867.  |  12°.  153  pg.
Der  Name  Grebo  (den  Payne,  Dictionary  pg.  4  von  gre,
gri  ,Affe‘  ableitet' 2 )  wird  auch  G’debo,  Gedebo  geschrieben.

1  Nicht  Bassa,  wie  Bleek  angibt.
2  ,Tlie  Grebo  people  inhabit  tbe  West  Coast  of  Africa,  in  latitude  4°  north.
Like  the  tribes  generally  in  this  region,  they  have  come  from  the  interior,
at  a  comparatively  recent  date.  Of  this  no  better  proof  is  needed  than
the  current  tradition,  that  a  koho  kai  (foreign  house)  —  probably  Portuguese
  slave  factory  —  was  found  at  Cape  Palmas,  when  the  Greboes
made  their  first  Settlement  there.  Tlie  eartist  English  eliarts  have  as
the  only  town  Growa,  now  Grahway,  seven  miles  east  of  Cape  Palmas.
William  Bosman,  the  Dutch  trader,  wlio  resided  on  the  coast  many  years,
and  wrote  an  account  of  Guinea,  relates  that  in  passing  the  Cape  on
Christmas  day  1701  ,no  Negroes  came  off  from  Cabo  des  Palmes. 1
It  does  not  appear,  howewer,  that  the  Greboes  came  directly  to  this
place  in  their  migration  from  the  north.  Their  earlist  home  near  the
coast  was  in  the  rear  of  Bereby,  sixty  miles  helow.  Here,  after  beeoming