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MISSION TO ASHANTEE. 
Aquinas^e (having a neatly fenced burial ground,) Amafou, and 
Agabimah ; crossing another small river called Soubirree, near the 
latter, we reached Assiminia, distant eight miles from Dadawasee. 
The path was frequently eight feet wide, and kept as neatly as that 
of a garden in the environs of the crooms, which now disclosed 
themselves very prettily at some distance. Courses N. ^, N.bE. 
N. N. E. Latitude by observation 6° 22', longitude C and D 
There was a violent tornado in the night, during almost the 
whole of which the rain continued in torrents, increasing the small 
streams near the town from ancle to three feet deep. Almost all 
the inhabitants were employed in weaving the staple manufacture 
of Assiminia, which was formerly of much greater extent. Mr. 
James rested here the whole of the next day, and on Saturday we 
proceeded through Boposoo (on a very high hill), Agemum, Yoko, 
and Abountum ; near which we crossed the Biaqua, running west 
to the Jim, and about seven yards wide and two feet deep; 
between this and Sarrasou, where we halted, were two large 
crooms, Pootooaga and Eiasou. 
The path was continually well cleared : each croom presented 
one wide central street, with the ganian or cachou trees at the 
extremities. The soil ceased to be sandy, and became a reddish 
earth : we observed some quartz, but silex prevailed. Distance 
11 miles. Courses N.J, N. N. E.|. Lat. by observation, 6° 30' 20". 
Long. C. andD. r6'30.'' 
The river Dah runs close to Sarrasou, rising at Sekooree near 
Dwabin, and falling into the Ofim at Measee in the Warsaw path ; 
it is generally about sixteen yards wide, and four feet deep. There 
was an ingenious fishing weir in this river ; two rows of very 
strong wicker work were fixed across it, supported against the 
rapidity of the stream by large stakes, driven into the ground 
