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soon relapsed, and a gathering formed on his liver, aggravated 
not a little by the various fetish draughts he swallowed. Seeing 
there was no other chance, Mr. Tedlie, who is a very skilful 
operator, would have scarified the liver ; but although I had great 
reason to rely confidently on his judgment and ability, I thought 
our situation too critical to run such a risk. A Fantee boy having 
fractured his leg, and his dissolution appearing inevitable, the 
parents, in great distress, applied to the surgeon of an English 
outfort, who amputated the hmb, and after much wearying attend- 
ance, to the surprise of every one, restored the boy to health. 
The family then brought him into the fort, and laying him down 
in the hall, addressed the surgeon (who was in charge of the fort) 
thus; "As Master cut off poor boy's leg, and so spoil poor boy 
for work, we come to ask Master how much he think to give poor 
boy to keep him."" 
Quamina Bwa was fetished until the last moment, and (iied 
amidst the howls of a legion of old hags, plastering the w^alls, door 
posts, and every thing about him, with chopped egg and different 
messes. I forget how many sheep he had sacrificed to the fetish 
by the advice of these harpies. The King sent him a sheep and a 
periguin of gold, when he heard he w^as ill. This man had settled 
the palaver with Mr. White, after the blockade of Cape Coast, in 
1815, the third invasion of the Ashantees, and was universally 
odious, for his cruel extortions ; these being reported to the King, 
he was disgraced ; and being very extravagant, became much 
involved. Being at Payntree, he prevailed on Quamina Bushma- 
quaw to allow him to conduct us, to retrieve his finances a little. 
Excepting Adoocee, the King's chief Hnguist, he was the most 
plausible villain I ever met with. 
The head of an Akim caboceer arrived in Coomassie about this 
time. The King and the Ashantee government had proposed that 
