CHAPTER XVIII

AFRICAN PROPERTY 420

APPENDIX

I. A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE NATIVES OF THE NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THEIR CUSTOMS, RELIGION, TRADE, ETC. BY M. LE COMTE C. N. DE CARDI 443

II. A VOYAGE TO THE AFRICAN OIL RIVERS TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. BY JOHN HARFORD 567

III. TRADE GOODS USED IN THE EARLY TRADE WITH AFRICA AS GIVEN BY BARBOT AND OTHER WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. BY M. H. KINGSLEY. 615

INDEX 635

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

SIRIMBA PLAYERS, CONGO _Frontispiece_.

SANTA CRUZ, TENERIFFE _To face page_ 12

FOR PALM WINE " 63

SECRET SOCIETY LEAVING THE SACRED GROVE " 69

JENGU DEVIL DANCE OF KING WILLIAM'S SLAVES, SETTE CAMMA, NOVEMBER 9, 1888[A] " 69

BATANGA CANOES " 89

FALLS ON THE TONGUE RIVER " 101

LOANDA CANOE WITH MAT SAILS. " 101

ST. PAUL DO LOANDA " 102

ROUND A KACONGO CAMP FIRE " 105

FANTEE NATIVES OF THE GOLD COAST " 137

YORUBA " 141

A CALABAR CHIEF " 145

NATIVES OF GABOON " 151

FJORT NATIVES OF KACONGO AND LOANGO " 155

OIL RIVER NATIVES " 245

ST. PAUL DO LOANDA " 281

CLIFFS AT LOANDA " 285

DONDO ANGOLA " 287

TRADING STORES " 289

ST. PAUL DO LOANDA " 291

IN AN ANGOLA MARKET " 297

A MAN OF SOUTH ANGOLA " 297

A HOUSA " 420

HOUSE PROPERTY IN KACONGO " 423

BUBIES OF FERNANDO PO " 423

JA JA, KING OF OPOBO " 443

JA JA MAKING JU JU " 540

FOOTNOTES:

[A] By permission of R. B. N. Walker, Esq.

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