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surprise that the king had given us such an insufficient 
supply of money. Whereupon followed fine promises. 
On May 2 2d, our visitor left us, and after the great excite- 
ment we had gone through, quietness was a relief He 
had obtained some honey for my wife from the king, 
which supplied in some measure the want of sugar, while 
from the wax we were able to make candles. The prince's 
boy J oseph was still with us, waiting for the payment 
of twenty-three pieces of cloth, but detained, as he be- 
lieved, for other reasons. 
Eumours came from all sides ; messengers were said to 
be on the way from Elmina; then it was reported the 
prince himself was near, or that an Ashantee chief was 
kept a prisoner at the Coast. It was then said that Adu 
Bofo's army was returning in a half-starved condition, 
and it was evident there was something yet to be ex- 
plained, or my wife's entreaty for chickens would not have 
met with such prompt attention — ^four reaching us within 
a few days. 
