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MISSION TO ASHANTEE. 
and whether he had not behaved well to me, adding to much 
declamation, that he knew the King of England and the Governor 
wished to please him, and would not countenance the act. I 
replied, that " I had not only gone the full length of my instructions 
to please the King, but exceeded them ; and all that I had to fear 
was, that you w^ould not approve my remaining a moment after he 
had trifled with me. The King's behaviour to me, as an individual, 
I should always be proud to speak of, but his respect of the 
Embassy was a very superior consideration. Every thing he 
wished had been done, and now he tried to impose a palaver on 
me, with which you had no more to do than with the Buntooko 
war. The King had promised me to settle the point of the treaty, 
I waited the discussion patiently, he pledged his word to see me 
that evening, he had avoided it ; I had said I v/ould wait no longer 
if he did not keep his word ; no English officer dared to break his 
word, if he did, he lost his sword." Much declamation ensued, 
but the King's conviction silenced the assembly, and realized the 
triumph I expected. He said, what I told him w^as true, that he 
was very sorry, but he had too much to think about ; he liked the 
Law (the Treaty) very well, but begged me to wait a little longer 
till all his captains came. I received his promise to see me the 
following day. The next morning the head linguist came in form 
to acquaint nie that some palavers had arrived in the night, which 
had made it necessary for the King to go to Berramang (a croom 
about five miles to the N. E. on the road to Sallagha, the capital 
of the Inta country) but he had orders to furnish us with the King's 
hammock-men, if we were inclined to follow him the next day. 
We did so, and I enclose an extract from my diary, with the cir- 
cumstances of the day, as they do not affect the point in question : 
on taking leave in the evening, the King promised that I shoul 
hear from him the next day. 
