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case of liis refusal to do so, the payment would be dis- 
continued. 
To the little Adae (June 29th) the ambassadors were not 
invited, perhaps to save the usual presents. At the great 
Adae (July 16th) they received nine dollars each, as much 
as was divided among us four. 
Between these negotiations, a day of rejoicing occurred 
on July 3rd, when nineteen loads of jaws arrived from the 
seat of war, as trophies of victory, Mr. Crawford alone 
was present at this fete ; he described the prisoners carry- 
ing the remains of the enemy on poles, two chiefs' heads 
being borne in metal dishes, covered with a white cloth, 
and one of the bearers being painted on the chest and 
throat with red and white earth, to signify that he would 
be sacrificed at the end of the ceremony. 
More than two thousand prisoners, mostly women and 
children, followed ; they were accompanied by soldiers, 
who wore their hair rolled up in a peculiar fashion, to 
indicate that they were returning from victory. It was 
said the king had sent the prisoners food before their 
arrival in Coomassie, it being now so dear and scarce that 
they were likely to fare badly on their entrance. We 
were at this time eating maize instead of fufu. 
A day of mourning followed on July 6th ; the sounds of 
crying and howling being mingled with beating of drums 
and blowing of horns; while consolation was sought in 
large draughts of palm wine. The names of the fallen 
were called over, rightly or wrongly as the case might be, 
no accurate list of them having been kept. Everything was 
streaked with red earth, and Mr. Crawford found the king 
dancing in the market place, surrounded by red figures. 
Towards evening the death horn sounded to announce 
that fourteen prisoners were to be despatched for the 
fallen chiefs. Next morning I saw vultures greedily 
feasting on the sacrificed, their heads lying on a heap aside. 
