VI 
CONTENTS. 
— No traditionary evidence of their origin — Native towns and 
villages — Moral and social condition of the inhabitants — Manners 
and customs — Government — Religious superstitions — Festival at 
the planting of the yam — Observances on decease of any of the 
tribe — System of betrothal — Severe punishment for adultery — Mode 
of fishing — Land crabs — Native method of chanting — Palm-nut 
gatherers — Description of a hunt with the Edeeyahs — Bota-kimmo, 
or chanting priest .... I69 — 215 
CHAPTER VII. 
Mr. Jamieson's settlement at Bassa-pu — Mr. Beecroft's knowledge of 
the native character — Gigantic trees— Botanical remarks — Monkeys 
— Squirrels — Birds — The spiny-tailed flying squirrel — Tlie large 
blue plantain-eater— Sun-birds — Large snakes — The mason wasp — 
Krumen catching a turtle — New moon dances of the Africans — 
Bimbia — King William — Odd costume of that chief — His wives — • 
Tribute paid in slaves — Royal displeasure — Avaricious demands — 
Fondness for strong liquors— King William’s consequence — Mon- 
doleh — Yellow Nako, the Lord of the Isles— Voracity of the 
blue shark — Peculiar structures about the head — Supposed 
uses. ..... 216—238 
CHAPTER VIII. 
Cameroons— King Bell — The free Egbos — The palace — Native dwell- 
ings Physical characteristics of the Duallas^ — Mode of arranging 
the hair Human sacrifices — The Jibareh creek — Excursion up 
the Madiba ma Dualla^ — Pilot Glasgow — Appearance of the river — 
Prince Beppo — Wuri Island — Andamako — Wana Makembi — A 
welcome Curiosity of the natives — Coffin applied to a singular 
purpose A supper party — Opposition of the natives — Scenery — 
Fishing nets— Yabiang river— Village of Kokki— An African wake 
Names of the rivers — Geological features — Trade in palm-oil — 
Causes operating against its advancement — Manufacture of grass 
cloths— King Aqua — Dangerous shallows . . 239 — 2/2 
