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spear, which is thrown violently and with extraordinary 

 skill from out the canoe at their victims , as fish , craw- 

 fish , crabs , bullfrogs [Rana occipitalis) and toads {Biifo 

 pantherinus) during their stay in the water. On the other 

 hand the natives are not very fond of angling, except 

 the Kroo-men , who are fisherman by- predilection and 

 supply the inhabitants of the coast-places almost daily 

 with a larger or less amount of fresh sea-fish. 



After a two days stay with Mr. Veldkamp at the Dutch 

 factory I decided to make a stay during the dry season on 

 the banks of the Fisherman Lake and selected upon the ad- 

 vice of the Rev. Mr. Grubb the Vey-town Beudo as our 

 first station. As we bought , at the expense of four dollars , 

 the friendship of Barlah, »the king of the lake", we were 

 not ill-treated by the natives of this country, who were 

 moreover much better-natured than their neighbours, the 

 Golah tribe. 



From Bendo we removed after a short stay to B u 1 u m a , 

 likewise situated on the northern shore of the lake , from 

 which place we explored the country in every direction. 

 During this time I was fortunate enough to visit Cob o li a, 

 the residence of the Vey-King M a r a n a , on the Marfa 

 River. 



The country round the lake oöered a great variation of 

 open water , creeks , sweet- water-swamps , large plantati- 

 ons, abandoned farms, vast grassy plains and hilly land, 

 for a great deal still covered with primeval forest. Here 

 we enriched our collections with a number of interesting 

 animals amongst which the rare Colobus polycomus, the 

 water- deer {Hyaemoschus aquaticus) and the sea-cow {Ma- 

 natus senegalensis) , the rare Baza cuculoides , Numida cris- 

 tata , Francolinus ahantetisis , Vanellus inornatus , Lohiva- 

 nellus albiceps , Ardea leucolopha and A. leuconotus , Ibis 

 Hagedash and Plectropterus gambensis. Amongst the rep- 

 tiles was Crocodilus vulgaris^ C. frontatus and a fine series 

 of snakes, and amongst the fishes some interesting swamp- 

 fishes, as Clarias and Ophiorephalus. We made in addi- 



Notes from tte Leyden Miuseum, "Vol. VII. 



