CHAPTER XIV.

Arrival of Reinforcements—Sanitary Condition of Cape
Coast—Culpable Neglect—Meeting of Chiefs—The Messengers
from Sefwhee—Expedition to the Bush—Its Effect
upon the Ashantis 251


CHAPTER XV.

A Trip to Prahsu—Mansu—A Fiendish Réveille—Bush
Travelling—Prahsu—The King of Adansi—Masquerading
Costumes—The Camp—Strength of the Expedition 267


CHAPTER XVI.

Regulating the Sun—Arrival of the Ashanti Embassy—The
Palaver—Ciceronian Eloquence—A Diplomatic Fiction—A
Beautiful Simile—Physiognomies—Unhealthiess of the Camp 281


CHAPTER XVII.

Another Interview—Atassi—An Importunate Investigation—A
Shocking Accident—Yancoomassie Assin—Draggled
Plumes—An Unintentional Insult—A Scientific Experiment—The
Palaver at Elmina—Our future Policy—Recent Explorations
on the River Volta 297

Tower Hill Barracks,
Sierra Leone,
November, 1882.