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attacks yielded readily to treatment. We daily prayed 
that she might be kept from the evil influences around 
us. On her birthday, September 2nd, M. Bonnat surprised 
us by a pretty little chair of odum wood, with back and 
seat of plaited straw. 
Poor Kiihne's depression increased, and his distress was 
great when at the Kete dance the king had an Ashantee 
killed, and four more accused of desertion given over to 
the hangman. An attack of hemorrhage came on, and 
though a sweet sleep and a cheering dream followed, his 
settled conviction was that he should find his grave in 
Ashantee, ardently as he longed for his native land, and 
to see his parents' graves once more. 
We were increasingly destitute of food for the work- 
men, and Dawson at last begged the king to lend him 
money to buy it, but in vain. The chief who was 
appointed to protect the wall neglected his duty, and D.'s 
patience at length gave way. He came into the town 
and declared to the prince Owuso Kokoo that he would 
not go again to the building until help was provided. 
Former assertions were repeated. The king had begged 
us to hasten the work, and we delayed it ; he had there- 
fore " turned away his eyes from us." We felt this to be 
very unjust, for we could neither help the rain, or create 
workmen or tools, but as we wished to ensure the good- 
will of the king, we put the matter before the men, and 
entreated them to work on rainy as well as on fine days. 
The masons now played us a trick. Professing to have 
heard there was no dry brick they ceased to come, and 
Dawson felt it needful to keep them in punishment until 
the prince saw them. They begged for six lashes and to 
be set free ; but as false reports and spiteful assertions 
were constantly carried to the king, who professed to 
make full investigation, but ended by upholding them, we 
would not yield. After much discussion and misrepre- 
