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MISSION TO ASHANTEE. 
The path to Elmina, through the Warsaw country, makes so 
considerable an angle to the westward, that the Ashantees invariably 
declared it occupied more time to travel than the Assin ; it is 
allowed to be ten journies at Elmina, by route No. 5. The Dah is 
crossed the first day at its town Adahsoo, and in the evening 
Becquoi (one of the five large towns built by the Ashantees) is 
reached. The Dankara country is entered the third day, the Tufel 
the fourth, the Warsaw the sixth, the Boosempra is crossed the 
tenth day, the Ofim, which skirts this path to the westward (having 
received the Dah at Meeasee) falling into it. The capital of the 
Dankara country is four journies westward of Coomassie, and the 
frontier is entered the second by route No. 6: it is the most pro- 
ductive of gold, but has been extravagantly over-rated in Bosman^s 
report of its population. The river Seennee, or, as the Portuguese 
have called it, An cobra, from its serpentine course, has been thought 
to rise just beyond the north eastern frontier, but it will presently 
appear to be a branch of the Tan do of the Ashantees. In the 
Dutch copies of the old Portuguese charts, Dankara is placed, 
eastward of Ashantee. The Warsaw country will be noticed more 
particularly, in considering the maritime geography from Cape 
Coast Castle to the river Assinee. 
The Warsaw path has two grand branches, one to Apollonia and 
one to Aowin, each thirteen journies; the former is in the small 
kingdom of Amanahea. The Aowin country extends from Apol- 
lonia to the river Assinee, five journies in length and three in 
breadth ; it is governed by seven or eight caboceers, like those of 
Warsaw, independent of each other : it can furnish about 5000 
soldiers. The numerals of Amanahea and Aowin will appear in 
an essay on the Fantee language. Both countries are at the mercy 
of the Ashantees, who extort gold from them frequently, though 
they have not yet fixed the tributes. 
