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suspended, except that a good deal of cotton was still 
being brouglit to us in exchange for cowries, and nearly 
a hundred bales lay ready for dispatch ; but the king 
would not supply the men to take them down the river. 
The clerk and the catechist remained faithful, although 
very uneasy from the general excitement ; still, none of 
us supposed we had more to fear from the enemy than 
the extortion of a war tax, or the partial plunder of our 
goods. Our neutrality had been recognised by the king 
of Akwamu, an ally of Ashantee, who had twice per- 
mitted Mr. Schonhuth to pass through his territory, and 
it was well known to every one that we, as missionaries, 
not only had nothing to do with war, but that Mr. Schon- 
huth had once obtained the release of an Ashantee 
prisoner at his own cost, and sent him back to his friends. 
I regarded my wife's decision to remain beside me in 
the hour of danger as an indication from God that we 
were not to separate, and subsequent events strengthened 
this impression. Most wonderfully was she upheld, both 
in body and mind, during the weary years of our capti- 
vity, and again and again did she revive my drooping 
faith, throughout our lengthened wanderings. 
Thus, amid alternating hopes and fears, the first week 
of June passed away, yet the cloud of smoke was still 
seen travelling eastward, and the question sometimes 
flashed upon us, " Could the Ashantees be advancing on 
Ho ? " Meanwhile we could obtain no reliable news, but 
if an engagement should occur, it would certainly necessi- 
tate flight; for where would a combined resistance be 
more easy than from the summit of our hill, surrounded 
as it was by a high wall, and only ten minutes' walk from 
the town. 
