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CONTENTS. 
god — Religious ritual — Title and right of succession to the sove- 
reignty of Aboh—Royal prerogatives — Headmen, or elders, of the 
several towns and villages — Adultery, its punishment— Murder — 
The priests or Ju-ju men — Their cunning — Large war-canoes — 
Mode of levying people in time of war — King Boy’s faithless wife, 
a daughter of Obi— Ibu women celebrated for their personal 
charms — Mode of fattening wives — Demoralising effects of the 
slave-trade — Aboh slaves often sent by Benin branch to sea-coast — 
Number of inhabitants — Obi’s power . . 214 — 240 
CHAPTER XL 
Physical characteristics of the Ibus — Religious superstitions — Idols 
numerous — Horrible practice on the birth of twins — Large earthen 
i(Jol — Tshuku or the Great Spirit — Absurd stories of the priests — 
Aboh Creek — Beautiful birds — Native dwellings — Ezzeh Obi 
OsaTs mud palace— The Harem — Human sacrifices — Insalubrity 
of Aboh — Ornithology — Rare animals shot by accident — Plants — 
Domestic slavery — Obi Osai’s second visit to the ‘ Albert’ — Obi 
kneels down with the white men to worship their God — His 
sudden fear — The "arrisi” or idol called for — The presents — Obi’s 
anxiety to establish trade with England — Departure from Aboh — 
Ogou ladies — Proceed up the river — Body of a female floating in 
the stream — Ali Here, the Ibu pilot — Beauty of the country— 
**Osochai” — Aboh trade-canoes — Ok6h — Splendid sunset — Fishing- 
huts — Appearance of the hills — Anno — Abain-him or the “ meeting 
of the waters” — Adda-Mugu or Abela— Sufterings of the former 
Expedition at this place — Circular huts first met with — The Edoh 
examined — Uliain village — King William’s Mountain — Anchor off 
Iddah. ..... 241—277 
CHAFFER XII. 
Appearance of Iddah by moonlight — Native welcome — Landing-place 
— Splendid panoramic view from the cliffs of Iddah — Doctor 
McWilliam and Mr. Schon sent to communicate with the Attah— • 
Native mode of salutation — Edina, a chief — His wives — Eti(]uette to 
be observed by strangers at Iddah — Princess Amada Bue — The 
