SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE MISSIONS. 457 
A handsome double barrelled gun. 
Two boxes of carpenters tools. 
A small turning lathe. 
- A small plough, 
A made up turban of gold tissue, with a gilt circle for the head, 
set with false stones, for the chief Moor. 
A silk union flag. 
An air gun. 
Candles and perfumed soap. 
Bark, and other medicines. 
The officers of the mission should be provided with Troughton's 
pocket sextant, DoUond's 32 feet telescope, the new barometers, 
&c. &c. 
The Danes having deserted their fort (Adda) at the mouth of 
the Volta, their government, on being solicited, would surely not 
only not obstruct, but favour so important a scientific enterprise, 
and not compel us to reach the river over land, as we could do, by 
marching through Aquapim and Quaoo. The man of war on the 
station might convey the mission to the mouth of the Volta, and 
one of her boats accompany the canoes (which should be brought 
from Cape Coast) a day or two up the river. 
It would be well to be prepared with several impressions of a 
manifesto (in Arabic,) explanatory and impressive of the legitimate 
and benevolent views of the British government, as an introduc- 
tion to the King of Dagwumba, preparatory to our negociation, 
and also to serve the same purpose at Wauwaw, and to circulate 
through the interior. Numerous impressions of the certificates 
circulated in behalf of Major Peddie, should also be circulated, 
Mr. Ritchie's name being substituted, and the reward for an act 
of kindness acknowledged in a letter from that gentleman, being 
made payable (after an authority from Cape Coast) at either of the 
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