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thing to be desired. even if it was en-
Delnshed with human skulls.
The umbrella of state of the King OF
Ashantee has sort of fringe of grim
ming skulls, which serve as playful re-
minders to his auditors of the uses TO
which they own headpieces may be put
me rest OF the umbrella of state is made
up of gold, red cloth and bamboo.
Inc position of umbrella carrier to his
majesty is one Of Importance in the gov
eminent, ana eagerly sought for by feu-
datory chiefs. There is, however some
danger connected with ii, for, in case
the umbrella is not opened quick enough
TO keep rain or shine off the royal head
into trouble.
IN the place of a crown the King of
Asnantee wears an old silk hat. Just as
Napoleon issued an order that no one in
France, but himself, should wear the
plain chapeau, without which no pic-
ture of the emperor is complete. so Kof-
Zee Tor deml-tasse, as the French irreve-
rently called him), ordered that nobody
but himself in Ashantee could wear a
This law has been maintained by his
successor, the present king, who Is re-
ported to be even more Jealous than was
hoHee or the royal prerogatiVes. A West
Coast trader who recently returned to
the Cape from Coomassie, said
me King or Ashantee is attached to
an old pug hat which somebody gave
him. Seated on the golden stool under
the umbrella of state, he presents a funny
spectacle, wearing this ancient piece Of
headgear In war, however, he wears
a special headdress. The negroes Of his
kingdom regard the silk hat with awe.
Any commissioner whom the British gov
eminent may send out there should be
equipped with a silk hat. Otherwise he
would not be in it with the king in
public regard. The neighborinc King If
)ahomey used 10 wear an old hat of this
kind"
The rest of the clothing of the King of
Ashantee is of a scant and diaphanous
nature. Kofee generally wore a broad
smile and pair of bracelets
The present king has more Difference
Tor European customs, as he wears san
dals and a breech covering, besides a
short cloak. One of the charges against
him is that he neglects the king business
leaving the affairs of state to his mother
and devotes himself to a life of pleasure
on the other hand, it is said that he is
ANXIOUS 10 make record as a warrior
and Will try to extend his territory and
jurisdiction. He is particularly sore
against the Fantees, a tribe nearer the
coast, who have allied themselves with
the British, and when he takes the field
first blow. ms
Ashantee lies back of the British Gold
Coast, near the Gulf of Guinea, in West
ern Africa, and is a land of thick and
gungly forest, so dense that the sun sell
dom plerces its foliage, and so sickly that
to its deadly fevers. From Coomassie
which is in the center of a noisome
swamp, this forest stretches 14O miles
south toward the sea, how many hum
dreds of miles to the eastward is NOT
known, but its boundaries to the north
and west are nearly two hundred miles
distant. The country is rich in gold
dust and other resources and the peoDie
are fine specimens of physical deveI6p
ment, who have been quick to take al
vantage of their slight contact with civiIi-
cation, that is, as far as securing modern
weapons of warfare.
England has had several AshantaA
wars, all of them Unsuccessful until me
one in 1884. when the British forces
led by Sir Garnet Wolseley (now comman
der-in-chief Of the army, hewed their
way through the dense forest from The
coast TO the capital, meeting with LITTLE
opposition from the natives, but losing
heavily from the ever-present and deadIY
miasmas. Coomassie was carried by :
sault after a fiVe-days' fight
The British tarried there but FORTY,
eight hours, only long enough to sack
and burn the town. and then turned
their faces towards the coast. The RAINY
season had just begun, and the tale Of The
return march to the sea is one of The
saddest Of any of England's MANY v,ers
of conquest, for the number of Soldiers
that died during that tollsome tourney, is
appalling. "
Twenty years ago the Ashantees vvara
armed with fiintlocks of an ancient na+-
tern, but now, owing to the enterprise of
European traders, they have an annie
number Of Snider rifles and niert1 aF
ammunition. It is no light task r6are-
fore, that the British will have before