In the afternoon the king sent a sheep and a present of five ounces of gold, and a message that he did not wish his white friends to remain always in the town, but that they might walk to any of the villages within a circle of three or four miles, and that four of his guards would always accompany them to see that no one interfered with or insulted them.

They were much pleased with this permission, as they were now enabled to renew their work of collecting.

It took them, too, away from the sight of the horrible human sacrifices which went on daily.

Through the German missionaries they obtained a man who had worked for three years down at Cape Coast.

He accompanied them on their walks, and in the evening sat and talked with Frank, who, from the knowledge of native words which he had picked up in his nine months' residence in Africa, was able to make rapid progress in Ashanti.