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MISSION TO ASHANTEE. 
place so precisely, are the alternate residences of the King of Inta. 
There is a constant commercial intercourse between Inta and 
Dahomey, the frontiers being five journies apart. The numerals 
of Inta are 
One - - Koko. 
Two - Anyoe. 
Three - Assa. 
Four - Anna. 
Five - - Annoo. 
Six - - Assee. 
Seven - Assoonno. 
Eight - Adoobrooa. 
Nine - - Digrakoono. 
Ten - Koodoo. 
Sallagha, the grand market of the Inta kingdom, is 17 journies 
north-eastward from Coomassie, by route No. 10. The first is to 
Marmpon, one of the five large towns built by the Ashantees, and 
possessing palatine privileges; the second, through five smaller 
towns to Aphwaguiassie, the largest market in the Ashantee king- 
dom ; the 9th day the rivers Kirradee and Oboosoom are crossed, 
each about 60 yards wide, and flowing so near together, as to 
appear one in the rainy season ; a high mountain, Aduarreekennee, 
is just beyond them, the boundar}^ of Ashantee and Booroom. 
The tenth day the river Sennee is forded, which afterwards enlarges 
considerably, and runs into the Volta ; it rises five journies from 
Coomassie (by route No. 11) between the Boopee and Sallagha 
paths. The Booroom country is quite open, and the Ashantees 
give the river the figurative name of Birrinsoo, which means that 
its distance is so deceiving, that you will cry before you reach it. 
The capital of Booroom is Guia, a considerable town, noticed in 
the route to Odentee, a fetish sanctuary of great repute, and said 
