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MISSION TO ASHANTEE. 
inents of a melancholy and a descriptive part. 
Burst of a man led to execution, 
Yawa jawa wo wo oh 
Yawa wai jawa 
What have I done? what have I done? 
Bewailing the loss of his mother, 
Yawa gooba shangawelladi yaisa 
Wo na boo, &c. 
My mother dies ; who'll cry for me now 
When I die? &c. 
Pahmbolee gwoongee yayoo, &c, 
[ Which path shall I seek my love? 
Hark! I know now, 
I hear her snap the dry sticks, 
To speak, to call to me. 
Jiggledy jiggledy, jiggledy, too too tee too, often invaded or 
broke off a mournful strain ; it was said to be an imitation of the 
note of a bird, described as the wood-pecker. 
Three Portuguese, one French, and two large Spanish ships, 
visited the river for slaves during our stay, and the master of a 
Liverpool vessel assured me that he had fallen in with 22 between 
Gaboon and the Congo. Their grand rendezvous is Mayumba. 
The Portuguese of St. Thomas's and Prince's islands send smaJl 
schooner boats to Gaboon for slaves, which are kept after they are 
transported this short distance, until the coast is clear for shipping 
them to America. A third large Spanish ship, well armed, en- 
tered the river the night before we quitted it, and hurried our 
exit, for one of that character was committing piracy in the neigh- 
bouring rivers. Having suffered from falling into their hands 
before, I fehcitated myself on the escape. We were afterwards 
chased and boarded by a Spanish armed schooner, with three 
liundred slaves on board ; they only desired provisions. 
