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"wife, weighed down with golden ornaments. The entire 
party seemed much pleased to have so good an oppor- 
tunity of inspecting us, but the little one was the chief 
attraction. " Could she run," asked the king. Kokoo 
put her down, just holding her under the arms, when 
she ran straight up to him, to his and every one's great 
delight. He held out his hands, drew her between his 
knees and played with her. E-osie, all unconscious that 
she was a prisoner, could not take her eyes off his sandals. 
What pleased me least was that the king insisted on 
being saluted by each of the women, and made my wife 
take her hat off to look at both sides of her hair, com- 
paring her with a white albino. But we were prisoners, 
and we had to submit. 
We were also obliged to show ourselves at the recep- 
tion of Kotiko and Afirifa. Opoku, that nephew of Adu 
Bofo, who had been sent by him in July, 1869, to the 
Kroboes as a guarantee of our speedy release, was also 
present, together with forty soldiers, part of the troop 
which had accompanied Akjampong to Elmina. From 
the opposite side there approached a procession bearing 
presents of rum, sheep, and oxen from Yoew Boakje, a son, 
of the late king, who wished to express his thanks to the 
reigning sovereign for having offered numerous sacrifices 
to celebrate the death of his mother and brother, which 
had taken place some years before ! 
But this was not all we were compelled to witness. 
Boakje followed the present with a party of w^arriors 
painted red, who stood firing before the king for a full 
quarter of an hour, then came their wives, who also 
returned thanks, after which the king gave his presents, 
consisting of gold, various ornaments, clothing, &c., 
carried in three divisions. At the head of each marched 
a royal messenger, loudly ^proclaiming to all the chiefs 
what the king gave for the funeral celebration, in money, 
