CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER I. | |
| The Gambia—Bathurst—Jolloffs—Novel Advertisements—A Neglected Highway—False Economy—History of the Gambia—Musical Instruments—Burial Custom—Yahassu—St. James Island | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| British Combo—An interesting Conversation—Bakko—A small Account—Sabbajee—Peculiar Governors—The Gambia Militia—A new Field for Sportsmen | [19] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| The Slave Coast—Whydah—The Dahoman Palaver of 1876—The Dahoman Army—An Unpleasant Bedfellow—The Snake House—Dahoman Fetishism—Various Gods—A Curious Ceremony—Importunate Relatives—The Dahoman Priesthood | [35] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| The Amazons—Trying Drill—System of Espionage—The Annual Customs—Human Sacrifices—The Dahoman Repulse at Abbeokuta—Natural Features of Dahomey—Agriculture—The Whydah Bunting | [54] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Lagos—Small Change—A Ball—A Cheerful Companion—An Anomalous Sight—History of the Settlement—The Naval Attack of 1851 | [73] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Leeches—Ikorudu—A Blue-blood Negro—Badagry—Flying Foxes—Fetishes—A Smuggler entrapped—Floating Islands—Porto Novo—Thirsty Gods—Cruel Kindness | [95] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| The Niger Delta—Gloomy Region—Cannibals—King Pepple—Bonny-town—Rival Chiefs—Dignitaries of the Church—Missions—Curlews—ANight Adventure—A Bonny Bonne Bouche | [111] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Old Calabar—Duke Town—Capital Punishments—Moistening the Ancestral Clay—A surgeon’s Liabilities—Man-eaters—AMongrel Consul—Curious Judgments | [131] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| British Sherbro—The Bargroo River Expedition—Professional Poisoners—An African Bogey—A Secret Society—AStrange Story—A Struggle with Sharks—Startling News from the Gold Coast | [158] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| Sierra Leone—More Civility—Cobras—A Guilty Conscience—Naval Types—Freetown Society—A Musical Critic—TheRural Districts—A British Atrocity | [143] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| Ashanti Politics since 1874—The Secession of Djuabin—Diplomatic Mistakes—The Conquest of Djuabin—The Importation of Rifles—The Attempt on Adansi—The Salt Scare—TheMission to Gaman and Sefwhee—Dissensions in Coomassie—The War Party | [178] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Cape Coast—The Panic—The Golden Axe—Preparations for Defence—Ansah—A Divided Command—A Second Message from the King—Native Levies—Ordered to Anamaboe | [207] |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| A Teacher of the Gospel—Anamaboe—A Third Message from the King—Affairs in Coomassie—Downfall of the War Party—False Rumours—Arrival of the Governor—A Fourth Message from the King—Further Complications | [227] |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| Arrival of Reinforcements—Sanitary Condition of Cape Coast—Culpable Neglect—Meeting of Chiefs—The Messengers from Sefwhee—Expedition to the Bush—Its Effect upon the Ashantis | [251] |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| A Trip to Prahsu—Mansu—A Fiendish Réveille—Bush Travelling—Prahsu—The King of Adansi—Masquerading Costumes—The Camp—Strength of the Expedition | [267] |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| Regulating the Sun—Arrival of the Ashanti Embassy—The Palaver—Ciceronian Eloquence—A Diplomatic Fiction—A Beautiful Simile—Physiognomies—Unhealthiness of the Camp | [281] |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| Another Interview—Atassi—An Importunate Investigation—A Shocking Accident—Yancoomassie Assin—Draggled Plumes—An Unintentional Insult—A Scientific Experiment—The Palaver at Elmina—Our future Policy—Recent Explorations on the River Volta | [297] |
Tower Hill Barracks,
Sierra Leone,
November, 1882.