[74] When the first Europeans trading between Benin and Palmas asked where the gold and produce offered them for sale came from, the natives answered, “From Jenné” (on the Niger, near Timbuctoo). Her name was thus given to the Gulf of Guinea, and, indirectly, to the English coin, the guinea. (Timbuctoo the Mysterious, by Felix Dubois, p. 172.)
[75] Mr. Barnes, with whom I was acquainted in 1847, had been with that force in 1826.
[76] From the Portuguese Fetisso, a spell, or charm.
[77] From August 1, 1838, slaves became free.
[78] Thespesia, acacias, including the sensitive plant, abrus, convolvuli, palms, wild figs, tamarind, etc.
[79] Of the Wesleyans.
[80] Some account of L. E. L. is given in my separate book, Life on the Gold Coast. I consider that the cause of her death was disease of the heart, with which she was known to have been affected several years.
[81] Still called “Napoleon.”
[82] Under the title of Contributions to Ornithology.
[83] Commander, afterwards Sir W. Winniett, R.N. He died on the Coast.