Burton, Sir Richard, his ascent of
Mungo Mah Lobeh, 595 (note)
Bush Souls, 459
Bush trade, with the Fans, 310
with the Igalwa and M’pongwe,
316
c 'v-
C a b a l i s t i c W o r d s , 453
Cabinda, Witch doctors among the, 464
Calabar, Old, 12
Cameroons, 548 (see Mungo Mah
Cobeh)
Canary, Grand, 13
Cannibalism among the Fans, 287, 330
Cape Coast Castle, 26
Carica papaya, 39
Carthaginian beads, 679
Chaillu, M. du, his explorations, 368-370
Charms, 445, 448-450, 511
Mahommedan, 19
Children, ownership of, 498
Christiansborg, 30-33
Civilization, effect of on W. African
tribes, 403
Clarence Cove and Town, Fernando Po,
5° I 1
Clarence Peak, 47, 50
Coast Divisions o f the W. African, 75
Cocoa growing, 624
Coffee growing in Congo Français, 147
at Fernando Po, 48
on the W. Coast, 642
Coinage of the Bubis, 59
of the Fans, 320-1
Coinage Equivalents of the Bubis, 59
of the Natives near the Ogowé, 203
Colonial methods, 548
Como River, 345- 347) 4°8
Congo Français, 369-381
Congo Free State Railway, 553» ^24
Cookery, Native, 208, 211
Coomassie, Trade of, 636
Corisco Island, 382,
fishing at, 398-404
Costumes of the Sierra Leone Negroes,
20
Cotton growing, 643
Cray fish swarms, 402
Crocodiles, 88, 89, 546
Crocodile Witches, 448, 538
Cross River, 624
Crown Sand, 405
D
D e a t h , Customs at, 459, 471, 482
Diseases, Native ideas with regard to,
500
Diseases, Native remedies for, 468-470
Doctors, Witch, 464, 446
Dongila, 351
Dreams, Native ideasregarding, 504,505
Drink traffic, The, 18, 63, (note), 662-
668
Dualla Tribe, The, 400
“ Duppy” 509
E
E b um p tu p Seers, 459
Education of the Natives by the French,
205
by the Missions, 658-662
Efoua, 270
Egaja, 282
Egbo Society, 532
Elephants, 258
hunting, 326
sense of smell, 160
Ellis, Colonel, on the Native Religions
and Magic, 510
Elmina, 27
Eloby, 385, 406
Esoon, 294, 297
Esterias, 408-410, 420
Extinction of W. African tribes, 40
403 Eyeballs used as charms, 449
F
F a n T r i b e , 103-104 (note), 138, 141-r
142, 247
aggressions on other tribes, 399
arts and crafts, 322-324
cannibalism, 330
coinage, 320
hunting, 325-327
ideas about death, 381
marriage laws, 321
moral characteristics, 329
trade, 310
Fernan Vaz, 104
Fernando Po, 42-73
British occupation 01, 53
Fauna, 60
Flora, 48
Natives, See Bubis
Spanish colonization of, 54, 615
Fetish, origin of the name, 429
Fever on the W. Coast, 85-86, 618-
619, 680, 681
Fishes, 692
Filaria, 686
Forests, characteristics of theW. African,
101
on the banks of the Ogow6,261-262
Franceville, 356
Frederickshafen, 623
Free Town, 14-25
Fruits of the W. Coast, 38
Funeral Customs, 490-491
of the Ajumbas, 481
,, ,, Bantus, 478
,, ,, Delta of the Niger tribes, 490
,, ,, Calabar tribes, 479, 693-95
Congo Français tribes, 479
Fans, 481
’Mpongwe and ’galwa, 287
Ncomi, 281
fi
G a b o o n , 104-106, 329
Gaboon River, 326
Geography of Congo Français, 369
Ghosts and Spirits, 443-445, 505, 509
Glass, 108, 347
Gods, Native ideas concèming, 442,
5° 7> 513
Gold Coast, The, 26-41
imports, 676
Gorillas, 267-268
Grain Coast, The, 75
Graves of the Ajumbas, 481
,, ,, Natives of Calabar, 293
Gri-Gri bags, 19
Gru-Gru, 429 (note)
H
H ip p o p o t am i , 243, 253
Hornbills, 256
“ Hubbards,” 220
I
“ I b e t , ” Prohibitions, 455
Idols, 454
Igalwa Tribe, 219, 227
dress, 223
houses, 220
Hum, 527-529
Inembe spirit, 230
Incarnation of spirits, 521-522
Indigo planting, 543
Inheritance, Laws of, 485
Insects, 720-731
Islands, floating, 380
Ivory, trade in, 325
J
“ Ju-Ju,” origin of the word, 429
(see Religion)
K
K a c o n g o , 401, 641-679
Kama country, 375
Kangwe Mission Station, 133, 215, 231
Kangwe, Mount, 177
ICarkola, River, 241-242
Kembe Island, 174, 199
ICondo Kondo, 177, 177
Konig Island, 347
ICraw-kraw, 437
Kruboys, treatment of by the Portuguese,
49
as labourers, 645-654
Kru Coast, 75
L a b o u r on the West Coast, 645, 656
foreign, 656
Lafayette, the log of the, 382-428
Lagos, 76
Bar, 73-75
Lhiamba, 667
Language, 602-504 (see Trade EnglishJ
Laval Island, 404
Law, Native, 496-500
of Adultery, 497
of Inheritance, 485-486
of Ownership, 498-499
of Theft, 496
Lawson River, 358
Lefini River, 358
Lekete River, 358
Lembarene Island, 131, 217-219
Leopards, 543^546
Leopard societies, 537
Lestourville, 372
Libreville, 108
Licona River, 354
Liquor Traffic, 63, 662, 668, 675
Lizard demon, 471
Loango, 105
Lobe, God of the Bubis, 69
Lomanjawki, 177
Loom, cloth, Invention of, 734
Lope, Mount, 370
Lopez, Cape, 104
M
M a h om m e d a n s at Sierra Leone, 17-19
Mangrove swamps, 87-95) 111
Man o’ War’s Bay, 620
Marriage, Native, 113, 225
Mbiam used in ordeals, 464
Mbuiri, 228
Medicine, Native ideas on, 469
Medicine men, 446