22 
JOURNEY FROM BADAGRY TO KATUNGA. 
boles in the face of the rock in which they crush the grain with a 
small stone in the hand. This mount may be called a large corn mill. 
This evening the fetish went round to keep away thieves. 
These watchmen make a noise resembling that which a boy does by 
spinning a notched stick tied to a string, round his head. When 
this is heard, no one, on pain of death, must stir out of his house. 
Monday, 9th. — Left Duffoo, a town that may contain upwards 
of fifteen thousand people. Mr. Houtson unwell ; he rode on early 
to avoid the sun. I had great trouble in getting hammock-men. 
After leaving Duffoo, the road winding around between two hills, 
descending over rugged rocks and stones, and immense blocks of 
granite overhanging us, as ready to start from their base to the 
destruction of every thing below. About half a mile came to the 
village of .Tesin, close at the base of five towering rocky hills, and 
surrounded by tall trees, a small stream running through it ; from 
this the road ascends and descends, still winding round the hills, 
until we arrived at the town of Weza. Here our carriers would 
not start until they had quaffed an immense calabash of otee, 
(mountain ale made from millet), which the caboceer of the town 
sent to me with some plantains and eggs : the last article in this 
country almost invariably half-hatched. We now passed over a 
table land, gently descending from the mountains, well cultivated 
and watered with several streams ; halted at the town of Chiadoo, 
situated on the side of a gently rising hill, surrounded by a wall 
and ditch ; and within the walls thickly planted with a belt of 
trees, which entirely surround the town. 
Tuesday, 10th. — The caboceer of this town is a friend of the 
caboceer of Jannah, and extremely kind and attentive. He hopes 
our stay may be extended to ten days, and assures us that neither 
we nor our people should find any want of provisions. He sent us 
abundance of yams, fowls, a goat and a turkey; the last a rare 
fowl in this country. The caboceer's name is Toko. I have put 
the barometer up, and shall wait two days. Mr. Houtson better ; 
