ABSTRACT

Description of the coast from Rio de Lagos to Benin. Lake Curamo, Ichoo Island, and Curamo village. The kingdom of Ulkany or Alkomy. Limits of the kingdom of Benin. Descriptions of the River of Argon, Gotton village and the town of Benin. The king’s palace. Products of the kingdom in general. Rivers, etc, and natives of Benin, etc. Women and girls. Laws of these blacks. Their funerals and forms of inheritance. Maxims to observe when trading with them. The goods the Europeans export from Benin. The European goods suitable for trading there. Benin cloths. Public markets called Dia de Fero.