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CHAPTER XVIII. 
ADU BOFO'S ENTRY. 
I HAVE already marked in my journal certain red letter 
days, which were to us like an oasis in the desert. Such an 
one was September 2nd of this year, when our weak faith 
was again strengthened gloriously by the birth of a little 
daughter, Mr. Plange was just leaving for the coast at 
the very time, and conveyed this happy intelligence to 
our kind friends there. Through the good offices of 
Bosommuru, and even the king himself, proper attendance, 
and a suitable nurse, had been provided, and our old 
friend, the wife of Palm, was with us. 
In the afternoon of the same happy day, there was a 
grand muster of chiefs to receive Adu Bofo ; the ceremony 
was described to us as very imposing, by brother K. and 
M. Bonnat, who accompanied Mr. Crawford to witness it- 
Ten thousand men marched past, while as many looked on ; 
the highest noblemen were those from Dwabeng, Mampong, 
and Bekwae — the two first pressed the hand of brother 
K. The stately old prince of Mampong in mohammedan 
costume had two superb horses with Moorish saddles, and 
looked, with his flowing white beard, quite venerable; 
the chief of Tafo was also present. In the evening, Mr. 
Plange started. 
On Monday the 4th, Crawford, M. Bonnat, and Klihne, 
went early to the market place where the army defiled 
from seven in the morning until night, during which time, 
chests containing the bones of the fallen chiefs, each sur- 
