ABSTRACT
Mode of swearing by the fetiche at Bonny, and taking the ordeal-draught—Astonishment of the natives on the destruction of some of their idols by Europeans, unaccompanied by any fatal result—Administration of the laws—Punishments—The Palaver-house, the repository of the skulls of chiefs taken in war—Responsibility of the relatives of culprits and owners of slaves for misdemeanors committed by them—Delays in the courts of justice—Instance of it—Singular mode of protecting property left exposed during the night, and precluding intercourse with vessels—Bedding of the natives, and annoyance from insects—The use of knives and forks scarcely known—Surprising agility in using the fingers at meals—Manner of storing property—Carelessness in storing gunpowder—Town twice burned down in consequence—Circulating medium of the country “Bars”—Term explained—Principal objects of export and barter—Maccutes, Birames and Indian Pieces or Muleches quaintly described, by an old author—Food of the Bonnians—Vegetable productions—Description of the palm trees, from which palm oil and palm wine are extracted, and method of extracting—Fruits, pulse, &c.—The capot, an immense tree, from which canoes are formed—The mangrove—Oysters growing on trees—Beasts of prey at Bonny little known—Forbearance of the lion—Anecdote and perilous situation of some missionaries, pursued by a horde of beasts of prey—Elephants—Mode of hunting and shooting them—Crocodiles—Immense size—Ludicrous incident respecting—Varieties of fish at Bonny—Sharks—Their amazing number and voracity exemplified by various anecdotes—Cattle—Dogs—Domestic and wild fowls.
