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much browner in colour, as a rule, though varying much. Many have a 

 broad line tattooed down forehead to tip of nose, and two arrow-shaped 

 marks on face, one on each side, with apex just below outer centres of eyes. 

 Most wear only a loin-cloth, with bracelets, bangles, and necklace of 

 Ibis, 1883 brass wire, with keys &c. as pijues. Some have a few tattooed marks on 

 p. 499. k ac k j n stripes, or on breast just above nipples -;-. Hair very short and 

 woolly on head, and some quite shaved there ; little or no beard or 

 whiskers ; a good deal of short curly hair on abdomen, chest, thighs, &c. 

 Saw a couple of whales, apparently very big and greyish in colour, about 

 an hour after leaving Grand Sestres. An Oceaniles off ship at Grand 

 Sestres. Saw Cape Palmas about 9.30. Coast low, flat, and wooded 

 densely, with sandy beach, and black (? basalt) rocks in places. The 

 Grand Sestres canoes are dug-outs, with J cross thwarts, and rounded 

 away stem and stern. The men, one third sit or kneel on bottom and 

 paddle with both hands on one side, the paddle being short, with a 

 rhomboidal blade. Besides this usually a wooden scoop to bale out. 

 Canoes and paddles often mended by being sown up with some creeper, 

 also used for making thwarts fast at side of boat. Had come about 

 100 miles at noon from position day before. Saw Cape Palmas and 

 wreck of ' Joriba.' Lost land in afternoon. 



S. Aug. 6th. Fine and smooth, with bright sun. Just after break- 

 fast two steamers hove in sight, steering to the north. They turned out 

 to be the ' Volta' and ' Coanza;' the latter in tow and disabled, having 

 been on shore at Porto Seguro (close to Little Popo), and carried away 

 stern-post, rudder, and three blades of propeller. Communicated and 

 sent letters, papers, &c. on board, and then proceeded on our course. 

 At noon 80 miles west of Cape Three Points. Run 261 miles. One or 

 two Oceanites still occasionally seen off ship. In afternoon off Assinie 

 hills and " Hummocks of Apollonia." At 10 P.M. in sight of the light 

 at Cape Three Points. Got two photographs of our Kru boysj the 

 second Ashbury exposed by lifting the slide. 



Aug. 7th. Cool, fine, and smooth. Passed Cape Coast Castle at 1 in 

 the morning. Accra at about 7.30. Coast beyond Volta, which we 

 passed about 1, with sandy beach and low scrubby bush ; no thick forest 

 apparently. Off Popo coast in afternoon. * Congo ' at anchor off 

 Little (?) Popo, with captain down with fever. Passed Whydah about 

 11.30P.M. 



Ibis, 1883, Aug. 8th. Off Lagos about 7 A.M. Quite a fleet of steamers there 



p. 500. i Corisco ' (homeward), 4 Kinsembo ' (west coast), * Maleinbe ' and ' Win- 



nebah' (Hamburg), also one or two smaller branch and bar boats. 



Rowland gone to Accra. Quite cool and cloudy, with slight 



swell. 



Aug. 9th. Cool and cloudy still, with calm sea. Land in sight at 

 daybreak, low and flat. Anchored in Bonny river off the town about 



