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doctor's campaign," which Sir Garnet had planned, so that 
the European troops might be released from duty in two 
months. A road to the Prah was already made, and at 
the chief stations the necessary shelter could be afforded. 
The camp was fixed in Prasu, from thence the boundary 
stream was to be crossed. 
Two Ashantee ambassadors arrived at this place on 
January 2nd, bringing letters and negotiations of peace 
from Kofi Kari. The general would not receive them, 
but ordered that all the preparations for war should be 
shown them, and a Gatling mitrailleuse was fired off, 
which caused one of them to remark to his companion, 
that now every hope of defence must disappear. His 
comrade taunted him with cowardice, and threatened to 
complain of him to the king, upon which he shot himself 
in the night. He was buried, by his companion's wish, 
on the Ashantee side of the river. The rest of the party 
were dismissed by the general over the now completed 
bridge (January 6th), whilst he insisted upon the con- 
clusion of peace in the capital. 
The Prah was then crossed by the troops, who marched 
to Asiaman, and found on their route many eorpses of 
Ashantee soldiers, who seemed to have died of starvation. 
Kiihne entered the camp at Asiaman on the 14th, and 
remained there a week. On the 23rd the other white 
captives arrived in Fomana and Mouse. 
The Mouse mountain (1,500 feet in height) had already 
been ascended on the 17th by Lord Gifford and his 
Asen scouts, although a Fetish priest and several com- 
panions came forward to meet him, with a warning to go 
no further, as death stood in the way. But Gifibrd found 
only a Fetish thread across his path — near which lay a 
mangled human sacrifice. A wooden gun and dagger 
were placed by its side pointing backwards. Of course 
the English were not deterred by this for a moment. 
