Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I LIVERPOOL TO SIERRA LEONE
- CHAPTER II THE GOLD COAST
- CHAPTER III FERNANDO PO AND THE BUBIS
- CHAPTER IV LAGOS BAR
- CHAPTER V VOYAGE DOWN COAST
- CHAPTER VI LIBREVILLE AND GLASS
- CHAPTER VII THE OGOWÉ
- CHAPTER VIII TALAGOUGA
- CHAPTER IX THE RAPIDS OF THE OGOWÉ
- CHAPTER X LEMBARENE
- CHAPTER XI FROM KANGWE TO LAKE NCOVI
- CHAPTER XII FROM NCOVI TO ESOON
- CHAPTER XIII FROM ESOON TO AGONJO
- CHAPTER XIV BUSH TRADE AND FAN CUSTOMS
- CHAPTER XV DOWN THE REMBWÉ
- CHAPTER XVI CONGO FRANÇAIS
- CHAPTER XVII THE LOG OF THE Lafayette
- CHAPTER XVIII FROM CORISCO TO GABOON
- CHAPTER XIX FETISH
- CHAPTER XX FETISH—(Continued)
- CHAPTER XXI FETISH—(Continued)
- CHAPTER XXII FETISH—(Continued)
- CHAPTER XXIII FETISH—(Concluded)
- CHAPTER XXIV ASCENT OF THE GREAT PEAK OF CAMEROONS
- CHAPTER XXV ASCENT OF THE GREAT PEAK OF CAMEROONS—(Continued)
- CHAPTER XXVI THE GREAT PEAK OF CAMEROONS—(Continued)
- CHAPTER XXVII THE GREAT PEAK OF CAMEROONS—(Concluded)
- CHAPTER XXVIII THE ISLANDS IN THE BAY OF AMBOISES
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- Plate section
CHAPTER XIV - BUSH TRADE AND FAN CUSTOMS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2012
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I LIVERPOOL TO SIERRA LEONE
- CHAPTER II THE GOLD COAST
- CHAPTER III FERNANDO PO AND THE BUBIS
- CHAPTER IV LAGOS BAR
- CHAPTER V VOYAGE DOWN COAST
- CHAPTER VI LIBREVILLE AND GLASS
- CHAPTER VII THE OGOWÉ
- CHAPTER VIII TALAGOUGA
- CHAPTER IX THE RAPIDS OF THE OGOWÉ
- CHAPTER X LEMBARENE
- CHAPTER XI FROM KANGWE TO LAKE NCOVI
- CHAPTER XII FROM NCOVI TO ESOON
- CHAPTER XIII FROM ESOON TO AGONJO
- CHAPTER XIV BUSH TRADE AND FAN CUSTOMS
- CHAPTER XV DOWN THE REMBWÉ
- CHAPTER XVI CONGO FRANÇAIS
- CHAPTER XVII THE LOG OF THE Lafayette
- CHAPTER XVIII FROM CORISCO TO GABOON
- CHAPTER XIX FETISH
- CHAPTER XX FETISH—(Continued)
- CHAPTER XXI FETISH—(Continued)
- CHAPTER XXII FETISH—(Continued)
- CHAPTER XXIII FETISH—(Concluded)
- CHAPTER XXIV ASCENT OF THE GREAT PEAK OF CAMEROONS
- CHAPTER XXV ASCENT OF THE GREAT PEAK OF CAMEROONS—(Continued)
- CHAPTER XXVI THE GREAT PEAK OF CAMEROONS—(Continued)
- CHAPTER XXVII THE GREAT PEAK OF CAMEROONS—(Concluded)
- CHAPTER XXVIII THE ISLANDS IN THE BAY OF AMBOISES
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- Plate section
Summary
Wherein the Voyager, having fallen among the black traders, discourses on these men and their manner of life; and the difficulties and dangers attending the barter they carry on with the bush savages; and on some of the reasons that makes this barter so beloved and followed by both the black trader and the savage. To which is added an account of the manner of life of the Fan tribe; the strange form of coinage used by these people; their manner of hunting the elephant, working in iron; and such like things.
I spent a few, lazy, pleasant days at Agonjo, Mr. Glass doing all he could to make me comfortable, though he had a nasty touch of fever on him just then. His efforts were ably seconded by his good lady, an exceedingly comely Gaboon woman, with pretty manners, and an excellent gift in cookery. The third member of the staff was the store-keeper, a clever fellow: I fancy a Loango from his clean-cut features and spare make, but his tribe I know not for a surety. What I do know is that he can sing “Partant pour la Syrie” with intense power and a penetrating pathos in the depths of the night. But I do not chronicle this as a discovery of my own; it was common knowledge to every sentient being within a radius of half a mile of the factory.
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- Travels in West Africa, Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons , pp. 308 - 332Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010