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PKOCEEDINGS OE SECTION E. 
I now give the names and condition of the twenty-two villages 
of Kagnabak as I find them in my daily notes. 
NJiore . — This is the principal village, where King Tayacouane,tbe 
richest and most powerful of all the various island kinglets, resides, 
Tayacouane’s authority extends even so far as Galinha. His posses- 
sions (i.e. 9 his personal property) consist of fifty head of cattle, forty 
goats, six houses, five wives, and fourteen children. I succeeded in 
buying here 100 bushels of palm-nuts in exchange for a little powder, 
brandy, and tobacco. 
Anhoudiegue . — The Eissagos of this village differ from those of 
the former in being of a more ferocious disposition and of greater 
independence. It was these natives who, about twenty-five years ago, 
plundered a French coasting vessel and maltreated the crew. The 
Governor of Senegal, having been immediately informed of the occur- 
rence, sent out an expedition consisting of fifty soldiers of marines, 
who burned the village and killed several natives. 
Ankaman . — Here are manufactured those famous assagais or 
Eissagos lances, the wounds caused by which are often mortal. These 
weapons, it is said, are dipped in some subtle poison, but I was unable 
to verify the fact. 
Ambenou . — Skins being fairly plentiful at this village, I bought 
about fifty bullock-hides. These hides are of a singular fineness, of 
great softness, and are much sought after consequently by the leather 
merchants of North America, who employ them in the manufacture 
of fine boots worn by the elegants of Boston, New York, and Balti- 
more. 
Anchor op . — On my arrival I found the inhabitants engaged in 
their fields sowing rice, and the only people left in the village were a 
few old men and children. 
Amre . — This village would form an excellent base of operations 
for a trade in palm-nuts and bullock-hides. The people here exercise 
a truly Scotch hospitality, as I found at the house of a Bissagos named 
Nia-Counoun. This good man offered me and my escort milk, palm- 
wine, and oranges, all of which were especially welcome after a 
fatiguing day’s march. 
Angoumba . — On this island great care is exhibited in the cultiva- 
tion of orange-trees. A native sold me a quantity of tortoise-shell 
w r orth 50 francs for a common knife. There are numbers of turtle in 
the neighbourhood of Kagnabak, but yet they are not sufficiently 
numerous to tempt anyone to try and make a lucrative business in the 
commodity. 
Anhaoura .— There is nothing worthy of special mention here. 
The cultivation appears to be limited to oranges, lemons, and mangoes 
Ndenak . — Some trade might be opened up here in palm-nuts and 
hides. 
Ankagno abounds in domestic fowls, banana groves, orangeries, 
and palms. 
Beni . — Here I observed a native blacksmith forging spear-heads. 
According to my calculation he produced ten heads after a day’s hard 
labour for a reward of one or two halfpence. 
