MISSION TO ASHANTEE. 
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severity. I was then requested to read it for the last time, and the 
King's dupHcate was executed in a similar manner. 
In the evening, the King gave us our last audience before all his 
superior captains : a letter was dictated, which I shall present to 
you on my arrival ; and Adoocee, the chief linguist, was formally 
deputed to receive Mr. Hutchison's hand from me, and to place it 
in the King's, who received it with a solemn avowal of his respon- 
sibihty for the charge. The linguist then presented from the King, 
To the Government, four boys for education. 
To the British Museum, six specimens of the goldsmith's work. 
(I had interested the King, by my account of this national repo- 
sitory.) 
To the Governor in Chief, one boy, one girl, to be brought up 
in his service. 
To Mr. Bowdich, one boy, one girl, and 2 oz. 6 ac. of gold. 
Mr. Tedlie, one boy, and 1 oz. 4 ac. of gold. 
Accra linguist, one cloth, - 10 ditto. 
Cape Coast linguists, two cloths, 10 ditto. 
De GraafF's messenger, - 10 ditto. 
The officers servants, - - 10 ditto. 
The soldiers, - - 10 ditto. 
I afterwards received a Sarem cloth and some trifles as a further 
dash from Apokoo ; one sheep, &c. &c. from Baba the chief of the 
Moors ; and 15 ackies of gold from the King's linguists, with their 
acknowledgments of my firmness during the negotiation. 
The King having a palaver at present with the Warsaws, 
objected so strongly to our returning through their territory, that 
after one or two attempts to over-rule his apprehensions, I found it 
would be imprudent to persevere in the wish, although the disap- 
pointment was great; the King assured me the Warsaw path was 
two days longer, and that he will not spare any labour on that of 
