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MISSION TO ASHANTEE. 
No. 13, in D minor, is played by only two flutes, and is one of 
the softest airs I have met with. 
No. 14, is an Accra fetish hymn, sung by one man and one 
woman, or more, at Christmas : 
Afmaie pwee, 
The yearns ends have met, 
Gnor woorra 
Somebody's child 
Mbrbee. 
Take blessing. 
" Somebody's child,'' means the child of a person of consequence, 
reminding us of Hidalgos, " the son of somebody," so appUed in 
Spanish. Its regularity is surprising, and ils transition from G 
major to C major is very harmonious. 
No. 15, in G major, is a specimen of the Kerrapee or Kerrapay 
music, which I have made a point of preserving, as it appeared to 
me superior even to Ashantee. A young man acknowledges a 
crime he had attempted to conceal : 
Kenneovay nooblou adomevai, 
Oh pity! the palaver is spoiled, 
Noodooloo adomevai, 
: I'l It is found, it is spoiled; 
Ennoblou; 
Think for me ; ^ 
Dootoh me p6 me bloh, 
Elders, settle it for me, 
Adan vo, 
I am at a loss, 
lee ! 
Oh! 
The following is a translation of a long Ashantee song, with little 
