308 MISSION TO ASHANTEE. 
No. 7, is a part of a piazza, which Hnes the interior of the wall 
secluding the palace from the street. The piazza is 200 yards 
long, and inhabited by captains and other attendants on the King ; 
above is a small gallery. Piles of skulls, and drums ornamented 
with them, are frequent in this piazza. The figure is a common 
soldier of Ashantee, his belt ornamented with red shells, and stuck 
full of knives. 
No. 8, is the upper end of the piazza, which is more ornamented, 
and appropriated to the superior captains, who have each a suite 
of rooms, marked by the small doors under the piazza. A woman 
is dancing whilst a man plays the flute and rattle. 
No. 9, is a view of part of Adoom-street : each open front denotes 
the residence of a captain, being used for talking palavers, receiv- 
ing strangers, observing or superintending customs, and evening 
recreation. The dwelling is entered by the small door at the side, 
which generally leads through a narrow passage or court to a 
large area like No. 6, and thence by various intricate ways to 
smaller and more retired areas like No. 4 and No. 5. A fetish wo- 
man has just quitted the centre house ; she has on a white cloth, 
and various pieces of rich silk are hanging round her girdle, her 
breasts are confined with a scarf, a fillet encircles her head, in 
each hand she waves a horse^s tail, and she continues yelling and 
swinging round and round until she is quite stupified, A weaver 
and loom are on her right, and a market woman under her shed on 
the left. 
No. 10, is the exterior of the King's bed room, being one side of 
an inner area, about 30 feet square. The stunted silk-cotton and 
the manchineal tree are fetish or sacred, as are the white and red 
rags at the top of the pole, and the small brass cups supported by 
the forked sticks. The colored bags hanging over the round doors 
(the chequering of which is in rehef,) contain Moorish charms. The 
