There is talk in the English forts that more white troops are coming out from England.

If this is so I shall not attack the towns, but shall wait for them to come into the woods for me.

Then you will see." "Do they say there are many troops ?" Frank asked anxiously.
"No; they say only some white officers, but this is foolishness.

What could white officers do without soldiers?
As for the Fantis they are cowards, they are only good to carry burdens and to hoe the ground.

They are women and not men." During this time, when the damp rose so thick and steaming that everything was saturated with it, Frank had a very sharp attack of fever, and was for a fortnight, just after the repulse of the attack on Elmina, completely prostrated.