END OF DURAND’S VOYAGE
INDEX
AFRICA, general remarks on its inhabitants, [87]. — Laws of the different tribes, [96], [173]. — Africans, remarks on the religion and manners of the, [93] — The appointment of their kings, [95]. — Almamy Abdulkader, war between him, Alikouri, and Damel, [126]. — Ambergrease, discovery of a remarkable lump of that substance found at Goree, [28]. — Animals, short account of the principal, on the right bank of the Senegal, &c. [127], [154]. — Ants, remarkable account of, [48]. — Apes, white, the most beautiful animals in the world, [160]. — Arabic, immense extent where that language is spoken, [138]. — Arabs, their character, manner of living, trade, &c. [139]. — Arguin, isle of, historical sketch of that Dutch settlement, [23]. — Arnaud, his revolutionary fanaticism in destroying Free-town, [84]. — Azounas, see Arabs.
Bagnous, sketch of their character, [47]. — Baking, singular method of, practised by the Moors, [15]. — Balantes, character and customs of those Negroes, [57]. — Expedition of the Portuguese against it, [58]. — Caution requisite in trading with them, ib. — Bambouk, account of the kingdom of, richness of its gold-mines, &c. [170]. — Banions, see Bagnions. — Baol, extent of the kingdom of, [35]. — Barra, interesting account of the kingdom of, [38]. — His authority, revenues, &c. [40]. — Bats, curious account of them in some parts of Africa, [47]. — Beaver, captain, his laudable conduct as governor of the isle of Bulam, [70]. — Beauty, Moorish ideas of, [132]. — Biafares, their expulsion from the island of Bulam, by the Bissagos, [67]. — Bintan, present state of the village, the residence of the emperor of Foigny, [46]. — Population of the Portuguese there, ib. — Bird, description of a curious sort at Goree, [29]. — Bissagos, archipelago of the, first discovered by the French, its site, number, government, &c. [53]. — Its formation, [70]. — Character of the natives, [53]. — Their war with the Biafares, [67]. — Bissaux, the isle of, its discovery, establishments, productions, &c. [60]. — Religion, manners, and customs of the inhabitants, [62]. — Their mode of warfare, [64]. — Account of the order of succession, [65]. — Bizaur Mansare, character of the Negro king, [71]. — Blaiks, their general character, [99]. — Much addicted to superstitious practices, [107]. — Boat, indifference of the inhabitants to the crocodile, [76]. — Bondou, arrival in the kingdom of, &c. [161]. — Boufflers, M. account of his interview with Damel at Senegal, [33]. — Bourba, an amphibious animal, account of the, [31]. — Brack, king, interview with him described, [123]. — Bread-fruit tree in Africa, account of the, [90]. — Brisson, M. de, account of his shipwreck on the coast of Africa, his treatment by the Moors, [11]. — Is transferred to a new master, [19]. — His dangerous encounter with two Moors, [20]. — His arrival at Morocco, and interview with the emperor, [21]. — His liberation, by order of the emperor of Morocco, departure for France [23]. — Brue, M. account of his dispute with Damel, [34]. — His reception on the isle of Cazegut, [54]. — Buffoons, numerous among the Negroes, [150]. — Bulam, description of the island of, its situation, extent, &c. [66]. — Soil, productions, and trade, [68]. — History of the English establishments formed there, ib. — Bumbalon, description of this curious contrivance for conveying orders, [63]. — Bussi, remarks on the isle of, [56].
Cabo, remarks on the kingdom of, [70]. — Cachaux, particulars of the Portuguese colony of that name, its government, &c. [50]. — Cape, see Cabo. Cape Verd, its situation, directions to mariners on approaching it, [26]. — Casamanca, the, impediments to its navigation, [49]. — Casnabac, an island in the archipelago of the Bissagos, [53]. — Cayor, historical sketch of the country, order of succession to the throne, [32]. — Religion of the country, [33]. — Superstition of the inhabitants, ibid. — Cazegut, account of the isle, its fertility, &c. [54]. — Dress and character of the inhabitants, [56]. Cereses, account of some singular tribes of Negroes so called, [29]. — Chastity, its relative value among the Blacks, [105]. — Chimpanzee, description of that animal, [92]. — Circumcision, ceremonies attending the practice of, [93]. — Description of the performance of the operation, [165]. — Cisterns, account of two remarkable, in the isle of Arguin, [23]. — Civet, account of this animal, [154]. — Costume of the sexes in Africa, [102]. — Crocodiles, proof of the possibility of training them, [76].
Damel, dispute of that Negro king with M. Brue, [24]. — Damel, royal magnanimity of, to a vanquished enemy, [127]. — Devoise, M. his death, in consequence of cruel treatment, by the Moors, [18]. — Diseases incident to the Moors, [136]. — Durand, M. shipwreck of, [177]. — Duval, M. instance of his black perfidy and cruelty, [25]. — Dwellings, manner of constructing them, their site, &c. [103].
Elephants, singular revenge of a, [77]. — English, remarks on their establishments on the Gambia, [43]. — Their trade, [45]. — Their dispute with the king of Gereges, [46]. — History of their establishment in the isle of Bulam, [68].
Factories, English, account of those situated in Africa, [44]. — Fanaticism, revolutionary, disgraceful instance of French, [84]. — Felups, character of the, [42]. — Articles of trade with them, [44]. — Fertility of the soil in the vicinity of the Senegal, [127]. — Fetiso, see Hippopotamus. — Fisheries, their abundant produce on the coast near Portendick, [26]. — Foigny, short account of the kingdom of, [38]. — Formosa, supposed to be the residence of the gods of the Bissagos, [53]. — Foulahs, the, site of their country, remarks on the inhabitants, their manners, &.c. [43]. — Account of them, their religion, constitution, manners, &c. [125]. — Free-town, history of its establishment, [83]. — French, their establishments on the banks of the Gambia, [44].