ABSTRACT
Bonny—Its kings and government—Revenues—War canoes—Visit of two chiefs from Benin—Dress of the natives—Ludicrous anecdotes of—Character of the negroes, and their ignorance of the resources of their country—Reflections on—Amusement, the chief business of their lives—Other employments—Dancing—Musical instruments—Propensity of the natives to beg presents—Honesty of some of the traders, and knavery of others—Diseases of the Coast—Eboe doctors, and dependence on charms—Foo-foo—Trade of Bonny—Slave trade—Language—Specimen of the Eboe—The Eboe country—Amusing anecdote—Seasons—Marriage ceremonies of Bonny—Privileged wives—Uxorial government—Mercenary cornutos—Punishment of conjugal infidelity—Conjugal fracas in high life—Horrid custom on the birth of twins—Rights of inheritance and remarkable diversion of from prodigal freemen to slaves—Funeral ceremonies and extraordinary mourning—Land crabs despoilers of graves—Disinterment of the remains of King Pepple, and grand fete de joie et douleur—Christening of the present King of Bonny by the Author—Sacrifices on the death of kings and chiefs—Eboe funerals—Female gossips.
