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MISSIONARY LIFE IN ASRANTEE. 
All this forced Kofi Kari to yield, for the allegiance 
of many among the minor princes began to totter. 
He therefore (February 13th), sent an entreaty for peace to 
Fomana, accompanied by a thousand ounces of the purest 
gold, as first installment of the war costs. Peace was signed 
on condition that he should pay fifty thousand ounces 
more, and open the way for free trade and communication 
with the Coast, which was to be carried on by a road 
fifteen feet broad, reaching from Cape Coast to the Prah. 
He gave up his rights to five vassal states, and also pro- 
mised that in order to prove his friendship for Queen 
Victoria, he would strive to do away with the practice of 
human sacrifices, with a view to the total abolition of a 
custom so repugnant to all christian nations. 
By a subsequent arrangement, the eastern boundary of 
the Protectorate was extended to Keta, and thus the 
river Volta ceased to be an apple of discord to the 
surrounding tribes, while the importation of arms was 
rendered increasingly difficult to the Ashantees. 
When Sir Garnet Wolseley laid before the Geographir 
cal Society the particulars of his short but successful 
campaign (May 10th, 1874), he began by describing the 
primeval forest, w^ere he scarcely ever saw either the sun 
or the enemy, although the latter certainly managed to 
make himself uncomfortably felt. 
Scarcely anything beyond a snail-hunt was possible, 
and although this species of game reached a considerable 
size, food of that sort was hardly agreeable to European 
tastes. " When we landed in Cape Coast," says he, " the 
name of England stood in poor reputation, but now 1 
believe it will be more than ever honoured, and it is 
almost certain that the interior of Africa will thus open 
itself to our explorers in an unexpected manner. A 
further result of the war will be the abolition of human 
sacrifices — a practice which forty years ago was as firmly 
