It was constructed of stone, and was evidently built from European designs.

It was square, with a flat roof and embattled parapet.

They were conducted through the gateway into a large courtyard, and then into a hall where the king sat upon a raised throne.

Attendants stood round fanning him.
"Why," he asked abruptly as they took their places before him, "do the English take my town of Elmina ?" Mr.Goodenough explained that he had been nine months absent from the coast, and that having come straight out from England he was altogether unaware of what had happened at Elmina.
"Elmina is mine," the king said.

"The Dutch, who were my tributaries, had no right to hand it over to the English." "But I understood, your majesty, that the English were ready to pay an annual sum, even larger than that which the Dutch have contributed." "I do not want money," the king said.