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settlement. There was a geologist with me, and we were 
received by the Danish Governor with the greatest civility. 
Such a journey on foot being considered too difficult for an 
European, large flat baskets, used here instead of sedan- 
chairs, were placed at our disposal, and four negroes to carry 
each basket. There were, besides, a number of negroes, to 
take charge of our luggage; so that our caravan amounted 
to seventeen persons, besides ourselves. At the coffee-plan- 
tation there is a house arranged with European accom- 
modations, where we were surrounded with all the luxury of 
the civilized world, and had for dinner French asparagus. 
The spot. was lovely, pleasantly varied with hill and dale, 
mostly covered with savannahs ; where the grass is taller and 
stronger than in our own meadows, and between the tufts grew 
little bushes, instead of flowers. I think that I saw Blighia 
sapida in cultivation, and remarked that Schumacher men- 
tions it under a name different from that by which it is known 
to the natives. The negroes who accompanied us on this 
excursion were slaves; for the Danes still have slaves, but 
they seem well off, and were merry and cheerful beings. 
On the whole, I found in the short period of my acquaintance 
with them, no difference in their behaviour or dealing from 
the free negroes at Cape Coast Castle; except that the 
latter are shameless in demanding money for drink. At 
Cape Coast, it is absolutely necessary to keep an immo- 
derate number of servants ; and on an excursion from thence, 
our train of attendants consisted of thirty-six persons. There 
is no difficulty in this, for the blacks go as servants merely 
for food and clothing, which in this climate costs little: 
9r they are sent when boys by their fathers to an Eu- 
ropean, that they may in this way learn something. The 
houses of Europeans here are very large, roomy, and well 
built, raised high above the ground to make them airy, 
and furnished with open verandahs for the same purpose. 
Europeans, however, do not in general remain long, since 
the climate on the coast is not suitable to their constitution. 
The few who are here seem to lead a miserable life: the 
