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Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.
THE LAND OF FETISH.
THE
LAND OF FETISH
BY
A. B. ELLIS,
CAPTAIN FIRST WEST INDIA REGIMENT.
AUTHOR OF “WEST AFRICAN SKETCHES.”
London: CHAPMAN AND HALL,
LIMITED,
11, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
1883.
WESTMINSTER:
NICHOLS AND SONS, PRINTERS,
25, PARLIAMENT STREET.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| The Gambia—Bathurst—Jolloffs—Novel Advertisements—A Neglected Highway—False Economy—History of the Gambia—Musical Instruments—Burial Custom—Yahassu—St. James Island | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| British Combo—An interesting Conversation—Bakko—A small Account—Sabbajee—Peculiar Governors—The Gambia Militia—A new Field for Sportsmen | 19 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| The Slave Coast—Whydah—The Dahoman Palaver of 1876—The Dahoman Army—An Unpleasant Bedfellow—The Snake House—Dahoman Fetishism—Various Gods—A Curious Ceremony—Importunate Relatives—The Dahoman Priesthood | 35 |
| [Pg vi]CHAPTER IV. | |
| The Amazons—Trying Drill—System of Espionage—The Annual Customs—Human Sacrifices—The Dahoman Repulse at Abbeokuta—Natural Features of Dahomey—Agriculture—The Whydah Bunting | 54 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Lagos—Small Change—A Ball—A Cheerful Companion—An Anomalous Sight—History of the Settlement—The Naval Attack of 1851 | 73 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Leeches—Ikorudu—A Blue-blood Negro—Badagry—Flying Foxes—Fetishes—A Smuggler entrapped—Floating Islands—Porto Novo—Thirsty Gods—Cruel Kindness | 95 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| The Niger Delta—Gloomy Region—Cannibals—King Pepple—Bonny-town—Rival Chiefs—Dignitaries of the Church—Missions—Curlews—ANight Adventure—A Bonny Bonne Bouche | 111 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
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