. Factory and industrial management. A VISIT FROM THE KINGS OF ADANSI. a mission to Kumasi, an interesting account of which appears in abook published in 1819 by T. Edward Bowditch, one of the delega-tion. If Kumasi really was what Bowditch described it, its wealthmust have been astonishing, for we are told that, at the reception ofthe mission, the sun was reflected, with a glare scarcely more sup- 672 THE ENGINEERING ONE OF THE GOLD-COAST AMALGAMATED MINES. portable than the heat, from the massive gold ornaments which glis-tened in every direction. The king sat on a throne, and was
. Factory and industrial management. A VISIT FROM THE KINGS OF ADANSI. a mission to Kumasi, an interesting account of which appears in abook published in 1819 by T. Edward Bowditch, one of the delega-tion. If Kumasi really was what Bowditch described it, its wealthmust have been astonishing, for we are told that, at the reception ofthe mission, the sun was reflected, with a glare scarcely more sup- 672 THE ENGINEERING ONE OF THE GOLD-COAST AMALGAMATED MINES. portable than the heat, from the massive gold ornaments which glis-tened in every direction. The king sat on a throne, and was re-splendent with breast-plate, anklets, and sword hilt, all of solid gold;his guards wore belts and his band played instruments of the sameprecious metal; even the most lowly of his attendants were decoratedwith layers of fine gold chains, while every native in the town seemsto have been adorned with what would now be costly jewelry. Echoesof the same tale have come to us in later years; for instance, CaptainBoisragon, after visiting the Ashanti capital in 1892, wrote that Theking alone was a sight to see, being a mass of gold from a kind of fire-mans helmet he had on to the tips of his sandals, which alone musthave been worth some hundreds of pounds. What has become of all this wealth? Was it the product of thesoil, and, if so, is it not reasonable to suppose that there yet lies buriedin the ground and in the beds of
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