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lustily, and stop short, I called out " you stop the King " never 
mind," said he, and his attendants pulled to get the glove off. 
The King sent to know what occasioned the stoppage, Apokob 
held up his hand compressed, exclaiming, " Gamplmee," (it hurts 
me,) and stopped till it was got off. 
In the afternoon I called on Odumata, who said he was angry 
that I had not called before. I told him I came to thank him for 
allowing a slave boy he has, to do any thing for me ; he said I 
might have him so as 1 fed him, I replied I would do so. He 
entered int6 conversation concerning the power of England over 
other nations, and the danger of going to sea ; he had lived three 
years at Apollonia when a young man, and had seen many Portu- 
guese, but did not like them, as they were all wenches!'" He 
seemed pleased that I did not like them either. He wished me to 
purchase a horse from him for eight ounces, I said I would give him 
four." " I must not want one, or I would not offer him so,'" was 
his reply. I said that I had no place to ride it in, the country 
being all bush, and the King did not like me to go very far; he 
replied, they were soon going to fight, and, as I should go with 
them, it would be better for me to have a horse to ride than to 
v^^alk. I answered i I should lay hold of some wild boar and gallop 
it; this observation struck him with astonishment, and stroking 
down his beard, he asked my servant if he thought I could do so, 
who replied, if I took it in my head I certainly would. Odumata 
said the people would think the devil was come among them. This 
he told me is the last day of the year, according to their calcula- 
tion, but from what reason I do not know. In the Sarem countries, 
he told me, they work iron from the stone, and silver, gold, &c. into 
trinkets, better than in Ashantee. I enquired why they did not make 
iron here, as they have plenty of ore ; his reply was truly African ; 
why should they do so, when they had plenty of gold to buy it, 
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