CHAPTER VIL 
Messrs. B. Marshall and W. H. Webb volunteer to proceed overland 
to the confluence of the Ni^?er and Chadda — Resting-place of the 
gifted L. E. L. — Inscription on the tomb — Fanti soldiers — Indolence 
of the natives — Dress — Marriages — Gold ornaments usually buried 
with females — Native method of carrying children — Ornithology 
The oriole babbler — Its singular note — Fanti canoe men — Singing 
and paddling — Mr. Schwansey’s model garden — Botany and soil 
Governor M'Lean settles a dispute between two Akim chiefs— 
Isert, the philanthropic Botanist — Growth of coffee — Doctor Vogel’s 
anxiety for his collection— Accra— Its superior salubrity— Gregre 
idols, or Fetiches — Manufacture of gold ornaments — Moral and 
physical condition of the people on the Gold Coast — Fanti language— 
Appearance of the natives — Sail from Accra — Heavy sea — Employed 
removing Model Farm property from the transport — Liability to 
mistake the Sengana for the River Nun — Rollers off the mouth of 
the river — Curious appearance of the ** Meeting of the Waters.” 
Two officers of the Expedition, Mr. Marshall, surgeon, 
and Mr. Webb, mate of the ‘ Soudan,’ actuated by zeal 
and the spirit of enterprise, volunteered their services to 
travel overland from this place — Cape Coast Castle — 
through Ashanti, to meet the Expedition at the upper 
part of the Niger. The Commissioners consulted . 
