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A LARGE HAREM. 
much the trade towards the sea ; even King Boy, of 
Brass, is in some degree tributary to him. The 
amount of Obi’s harem adds also to his power ; for by 
obtaining the daughters of the principal men in the 
ditfcrent villages, he secures an interest there, and thus 
his influence may he said to be in proportion to the 
number of his wives, of which he has at present about 
one hundred, one of whom is a daughter of the royal 
house of Ashanti. Of course, also, his numerous slaves 
constitute a great portion of his wealth. 
