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From one of Bosommuru's followers we afterwards 
heard that the king's brother had died, and that nearly a 
hundred and fifty men would be sacrificed at his funeral. 
In the evening of the same day we saw men carrying 
numbers of long fresh cut branches, which were to serve 
for binding the sacrifices. Owusu Kokoo at length ap- 
peared greeting us from the king, who sent us word that 
his youngest brother had died, and as his friends he must 
inform us, and we must tell the Fantees of the event, 
but we need fear nothing, although the customary sacri- 
fices were not pleasant. Indeed they were not I This 
was an attention which induced us to suppose he had 
heard of our anxiety and excitement about passing events. 
The deceased youth was to be followed to the grave by 
slaves only, some of his own, and others who had long 
been languishing in irons. It was expected that every 
great chief would ofier a gift of human life, and many 
men who were going about free, fell beneath the knife of 
the odumfo. Up to midday the king and his followers had 
been sitting at the north side of the market-place under 
the tree where we used to preach. Around him were 
crowds playing the wildest music, who all fasted, but 
drank the more. These oflferings from the chiefs were 
presented — dresses, silk cushions, gold, ornaments, sheep 
and MEN ! In the afternoon he resumed his seat in the 
market-place, and all who had guns fired them ; at this 
signal some victims fell. 
M. Bonnat and KUhne, who were in the street for a few 
moments, saw three odumfos rush upon a man standing^ 
among the crowd, pierce his cheeks with a knife and 
order him to stand up ; they then drove him before them 
with his hands bound behind like a sheep to the slaughter. 
The deceased prince had besides several wives of royal 
blood, three of low birth, who when they heard of his 
death ran away and hid themselves. The king supplied 
