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direction of the British governor. Still, as a decided im- 
provement had taken place in our position, Vi^e tried to 
hope that all would be well when Adu Bofo returned, 
and we were now at liberty to go to the village when- 
ever we pleased. On one of these visits, Mr. K., ac- 
companied by our soldiers, observed in a yard more 
than a hundred prisoners from Krepe, men, women, and 
children, all living skeletons, and infants on their mothers' 
backs, starving for want of their natural nourish- 
ment. 
In the afternoon we were summoned to the presence of 
the king, who had come to visit these prisoners. Array- 
ing ourselves in court attire, viz., the under drawers which 
Mr. Schrenk had sent us, we hastened to present our- 
selves, and were pleasantly received by his majesty on 
his usual seat beneath the palms. The prisoners were 
assembled in groups on the open space, surrounded by 
baskets of maize, corn, native bread and yams, which 
they devoured with their eyes, as loaf by loaf it was 
distributed. 
As we gazed on this mass of misery, my wife noticed a 
poor, weak child, who was commanded in angry tones to 
stand straight. The little fellow tried to obey, and pain- 
fully drew himself up, showing the shrunken frame in 
which every bone was visible. This reminded her so 
vividly of our own lost darling that she burst into tears. 
The king inquired the reason, and on hearing it, re- 
marked, " this does not concern you ; God will give you 
another child ;" yet perceiving the sight distressed us, he 
permitted us to leave, and in the evening sent us some 
palm wine to restore our spirits. With what thankful 
hearts did we compare his considerate treatment of us 
with the misery of these poor creatures now about to be 
separated from each other. We could only hope they 
would find merciful masters. 
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