A VOYAGE TO 
1777. gave a kind of fhout, which doled the ceremonies for the 
atp^nber' 1 prefent. The day being now alfo clofed, we were con¬ 
ducted to a houfe belonging to Potato u, where we were 
entertained, and lodged for the night. We had been told, 
that the religious rites were to be renewed in the morn¬ 
ing ; and I would not leave the place, while any thing re¬ 
mained to be feen. 
Tuefday 2, Being unwilling to lofe any part of the folemnity, fome 
of us repaired to the fcene of aCtion pretty early, but found 
nothing going forward. However, foon after, a pig was 
facrificed, and laid upon the fame whatta with the others. 
About eight o’clock, Otoo took us again to the moral , where 
the priefts, and a great number of men, were, by this time, 
aflembled. The two bundles occupied the place in which 
we had feen them depolited the preceding evening; the two 
drums Hood in the front of the moral , but fomewhat nearer 
it than before; and the priefts were beyond them. Otoo 
placed himfelf between the two drums, and defired me to 
ftand by him. 
The ceremony began, as ufual, with bringing a young 
plantain-tree, and laying it down at the king’s- feet. After 
this a prayer was repeated by the priefts, who held in their 
hands feveral tufts of red feathers,, and alfo a plume of 
oftrich feathers, which I had given to Otoo on my firft ar¬ 
rival, and had been confecrated to this ufe. When the 
priefts had made an end of the prayer, they changed their 
ftation, placing themfelves between us and the moral ; and 
one of them, the fame perfon who had ached the principal 
part the day before, began another prayer, which lafted 
about half an hour. During the continuance of this, the 
tufts of feathers were, one by one, carried and laid upon 
the ark of the Eatooa . 
Some 
