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CONTENTS. 
to labour — Difficulty of improving the condition of the natives — 
The Governor visits the ‘ Wilberforce ’ — Amusing scene — Surf — 
Town of Cape Coast — Huts — Weaver-birds and their pensile nests 
— Mr. Freeman’s missionary labours among the Fantis — Searching 
for gold dust . . , . . 113 — 136 
CHAPl’ER VII. 
Messrs. B. Marshall and W. H. Webb volunteer to proceed overland 
to the confluence of the Niger and Chadda — Resting-place of the 
gifted L. E. L, — Inscription on the tomb — Fanti soldiers — Indolence 
of the natives — Dress — Marriages — Gold ornaments usually buried 
with females — Native method of carrjdng children — Ornithology — 
The oriole babbler — Its singular note — Fanti canoe men — Singing 
and paddling — Mr. Schwansey’s model garden — Botany and soil — 
Governor M'Lean settles a dispute between two Akim chiefs — 
Isert, the philanthropic Botanist — Growth of coffee — Doctor VogeTs 
anxiety for his collection — Accra — Its superior salubrity— Gregre 
idols, or Fetiches — Manufacture of gold ornaments — Moral and 
physical condition of the people on the Gold Coast — Fanti language — 
Appearance of the natives— Sail from Accra — Heavy sea — Employed 
removing Model Farm property from the transport — Liability to 
mistake the Sengana for the River Nun — Rollers off the mouth 
of the river — Curious appearance of the “ Meeting of the 
Waters.” ..... 137—158 
CHAPTER VIII. 
The Expedition enters the Nun branch of the Niger— Death of Bach, 
the instrument-maker from fever — Physical characters of the mouth 
of the river — Curious effect of the rising tide — Chemical 
examination of the waters — Geology— Shelia— Bodies of females 
exposed on the sea- beach— Surprise of the natives at our interest 
in them— Woods on the right bank — Beautiful birds — The black 
swallow— Rhyncops, or scissor-bill— Dangers of seining— Saw- 
fish sharks— The village of Akassa— Dwellings of the natives— Their 
customs— Diseases of the natives— The Chief, Enemery—' Boy’s’ 
traffic withAboh— ‘ Jack Fire— The Reverend J. Muller’s prayer— 
