Tropical West AfricaTROPICAL WEST AFRICA.
FOOTNOTES:[94]For the reasons for the unhealthiness of this island seeTravels in West Africa(Macmillan), p. 46.
[94]For the reasons for the unhealthiness of this island seeTravels in West Africa(Macmillan), p. 46.
[94]For the reasons for the unhealthiness of this island seeTravels in West Africa(Macmillan), p. 46.
AAbiabok,163,180-184Abiadiong,180Abiadiong,180Abonema (seeNew Calabar)Abrah, oracle at,172Administration (seeCrown Colony)Adultery laws,434,454,536African—acclimatisation of, West Indians,53-54agriculture,341nature of,63,124,168,177-178,373Alemba rapid fetish,177Alumah, King,458Amachree, King,500,503,505Amomum,56Anamaquoa,82Ancestor Worship,131-135Andoni,538-540,553Angola,196,283Animal deities,513,515(seeSnake and Shark)Ants—Driver,25-33Myriaica molesta,33,34Apothecary,180-184Ashantee,115,144,368Assini,73,83Atlantis,227Ayzingo,108Azambuja,258BBafangh,152Bakele,186Bantu,231(seeNegro)Bar, custom,523Barbot,46,69, andAppendix III.Basel mission,110Bastian,137,154Baths, medical,182,183Bence Island,36Benga,90,153Benguella,210,286-287Benin, Bight of,4fetish of,141-144(seeAppendix I)natives of kingdom,448-468Binger,83Bob Manuel, King,507,509Bonny,142,495-509,510, “free,”516,540Brahmanism,119Brass River,140,468-491Bristol,83Brohemie,458Brüe Sieur,271-273Burial Customs,144-150,452-455Bush fighting,319soul,208,209CCabinda,11,186Calabar,54,140-142fetish,144history,552-561New,491Cameroons,81,231,236,238Canoes,99-101Catfish,96,97Centipedes,81Chamberlain, Rt. Honble. J.,307Chambers of Commerce,323Charms,163-169Chiloango,108-112Clerks,329,357Coinage, native,82Colonial Office,305,324-330Comey,444,447,523Competition,417Comte,115Congo—Belge,54River,102,238Cookey Gam, King,497Corisco,89-90Crabs,105Crocodiles,2worship of,140Crown Colony,317,319,326,361,366,390,417-418statistics,348,357Crowther—Bishop,481Archdeacon,487,509“Customs,” native,451(seeFetish)fiscal,408,410,413,444,447DDahomey—fetish,144fiscal,347-348Danfodio,278Dash,446De Brosses,114Debtors,431,433Dennett, R. E.,154,183,186,192De Zurara,252,253Dieppe,256,261-263Diplomacy,280Direct taxation,331Disease (seeDoctor)ague,184boisi,184fvuma,184hysteria,188leprosy,184malignant melancholy,188pneumonia,188small-pox,184-188soul, diseases of,199,209,213worms,184yaws,187Doctor (seeApothecary)clinical,199-219witch,163,169,180,182,213Dream-soul,205,207Drum fish,108Duppy,68Dutch,262,268Dye wood,78EEboes,138(seeIbo)Ebony,78Ebumtup,214Edinburgh Review,157Egbo (seeLaw God)Electrical fish,107Ellis, Sir A. B.,115-116,132,134-139Elmina,257Emanequetta,57Expenditure (seeCrown Colony)Exports,334FFace, throwing the,165-167Familiar spirits,161Fangaree charms,164Father, making,146-148,451Fetish,112-179“customs,”173,176, 450days,171,174definitions of,113,116,119,171derivation of the word,114gods and goddesses—Abassi-boom,155Mbuiri,118Nkala,118Nyankupong,155Nzambi118,137,154Nzambi Mpungu,155Sasabonsum,117Srahmantin,137House, description of,170,514Man,168,171Schools of,137Calabar,144,151,160Mpongwe,151,154,160Nkissism,154-163Tshi and Ewe and Yoruba,139Fiscal arrangements,290(seeCrown Colony)Fish, quality of,95,106-109Fishing, appliances,101-106canoes,99Native methods of,99-109,488Floating Islands,103French, early exploration by the,250,264Statistics, Colonial,347Frogs,66Funerals,145,452-484GGa,138Gesture,237Ghagas,424Glamour,219Gods (seeFetish),141Goethe,121-123Gorillae,235,236Governor,305,328,365native,450Grain Coast,56-61of Paradise,56-61Guineamen,83Günther, Dr.,108HHanno,231-240Head cutting,525Hero worship,131-134Hoheit, Landes and Ober,400-405,410House system,427,475-478Human sacrifices,142-148IIbbibios,138Igalwa,153Ijos,448,460Immortal soul,200,207Imports,334Inheritance,453-475Insects,10-11Islam and Fetish,127Ivory Coast,68-73trade of,81-83,347JJa Ja, King,497,522,527,540-552Jakris,448-457,459-460Jam,503Jannequin,248Jews,630Jobson,246-247Ju Ju,114(seeFetish)Long,439,444,461,480,498trade,503KKitty-Katty,64Kla,200Koromantin slaves,140Krumen,52,54,56,412,429Kufong,163,165Kwo Ibo,549,552, and Appendix IILLabat,131Lagos, colony,353Land,438Landana,194Law, John,271Law, native—adultery,434,536god society,160property,371,427,439,475-478.Leo Africanus,231Leopard worship,140,165Liberia,46,52-54(seeGrain Coast)Loanda,108,284Loango,212Lucan, Dr.,194Lyall, Sir Alfred, on witchcraft,156,158MMachinery,288Maine, Sir Henry,153Malagens,69Malignant melancholy,188-189Manchester,288,351Manilla,82Manioc,190Markets,310Maxwell, Sir Wm.,329Meleguetta Coast,51-61Melli,244-245,426Mendi,164Merolla,197,321Minstrels,149Missionary,320,478,509,512,556Mohammedanism and Fetish,126-127,141Monrovia,46Monteiro,196Mpongwe,151Mungo Mah Lobeh,236Murder,454Music,64-66Mutterrecht,437NNassau, Dr.,89,130,152-153,159Nana,451,458Negro,420-423Nganga bilongo (seeApothecary)Niger Company,279,306,360,394Nkala,118Nkissism,154-155,163Nyankupong,155Nzambi,118,137,154-155,159Nzambi Mpungu,118,155OObeah,139,140,219Ogi,138Ogowé,45,79,102Oko Jumbo, King,522,529-532Ombuiri,116Opobo,142,532,540-549Ordeal,160,161,490Oru,160Oulof,273Ouwere,143,630PPalm oil,15(seeAppendix I)Panavia,152Paradise grains,56-57Parliamentary resolution (1865),305,307,311Pepple, King,497,510,512,517-521,526Pepper coast (seeGrain)Phœnicians,227(seeHanno)Police,333,407Poorah,139Portuguese,114,252-256,281,290stone monuments,259Post-mortem,211Priests,140-141,160,169-170,499,505(seeFetish Man)Property—ancestral,428family,428private,428-429Stool,428RRailways,287,350Religion, native (seeFetish)Revenue,309,413(seeCrown Colony)native,444-447,523SSails,100-101Sataspes,228San Andrew, Rio,58,70,73Sanguin,274Sasabonsum,116-117Scorpion,80,81,185Senegal,273,275Shadow-soul,200,207-208Shake hand,446Shark,501Sierra Leone,36,139,149,344resources of,339Sisa,202-205Sleep disease,189-193stages of,192-193Small-pox,186-188Smaltz,273Snake worship,140,483-490,456Sobo,457Societies, Secret,139,170,556-566(seeLaw God)Song-net,149-150Soul,199-200Fetish view of the,129-131Division of the Human,200-204South Africa,394Spiders,140Spinoza112-113,120Spirit and Matter, Native view of,129-130Spirits, Classes of,130Familiar,161Touch of,133Srahmandazi,146,151,202Srahmantin,137Statesmanship,311Statistics,348-357TTchanga (Voudou),139“Them,”132Theopompus,226Timber,73-80Timbuctoo,277Tom-toms,64Topping,525Tornadoes,18-19,47-48Trade (seeCrown Colony)gold,241-246,257palm oil,354-359rubber,353salt,242-248,339timber,78tobacco,248,339Tshi,115,137Twins, treatment of,148Tylor, Professor,115UUkukiwe,160Umaru l’Haji,278VVegetation,32-33Virtue, Native idea of,178Volta,96Voudou,139-140WWanga (Obeah),139-140,219War,371Warri,143,459,630Wealth,438“Well-disposed ones,”132West Africa, Political aspect of,310West Indies,302,324Will Braid,493-497Wills,436Winnebah,175Winnaboes,471-474Witchcraft,157-168law,430(seeFetish)XXylophonic instruments,65YYam custom,174-175,450Yaws,187ZZaire,102