CHAPTER IX

A NOTE ON SIERRA LEONE, PAST AND PRESENT 88

APPENDIX

DESPATCH FROM THE GOVERNOR OF SIERRA LEONE REPORTING ON THE 119 MEASURES ADOPTED TO DEAL WITH UNLAWFUL SOCIETIES IN THE PROTECTORATE

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

SACKVILLE STREET, FREETOWN _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

VIEW OF FREETOWN 1

A TEMNE GIRL 3

OBLIVIOUS OF HUMAN ALLIGATORS 9

PORO DEVILS 15

ENTRANCE TO A PORO BUSH 19

BUNDU DEVILS, SIERRA LEONE 21

WIVES OF A NATIVE CHIEF 25

A PORO DEVIL 28

WEAVING COUNTRY CLOTH 30

BUNDU GIRLS AND DEVIL 35

STOCKADE SURROUNDING GBANGBAMA PRISON AND GUARDHOUSE. 38 PRISONERS AWAITING TRIAL, GBANGBAMA PRISON

A NATURAL BRIDGE ON THE ROAD TO GBANGBAMA 43

A NATIVE VILLAGE 46

PALM FOREST, SIERRA LEONE 51

A NATIVE VILLAGE 56

A SELF-CONFESSED CANNIBAL 63

A WATER-SIDE VILLAGE 66

HINTERLAND TYPES 71

WEST AFRICAN SOLDIERS 74

THE PRISONERS OF A NATIVE CHIEFTAINESS, CRACKING 79 PALM-KERNELS

LADIES OF THE SIERRA LEONE HINTERLAND 83

A NATIVE CHIEFTAINESS 85

EMPIRE DAY IN FREETOWN 88

WHERE HAWKINS MAY HAVE LANDED FOR SLAVES 90

THRESHING RICE, SIERRA LEONE PROTECTORATE 93

A NATIVE HUNTER 96

PICKING PALM-KERNELS 99

THE HIGHLAND OF SIERRA LEONE, WITH HILL STATION IN THE 104 FOREGROUND

BUNDU GIRLS AND BUNDU DEVILS 111

COTTON TREE STATION, 9 A.M. BUNGALOW TRAIN, FREETOWN 115

FREETOWN FROM THE HARBOUR 117

VIEW FROM GOVERNMENT HOUSE, FREETOWN 125

HUMAN LEOPARDS

_PART I_