INDEX

AFRICA, general remarks on its inhabitants, 87. — Laws of the different tribes, 96, 173. — Africans, remarks on the religion and manners of the, 93 — The appointment of their kings, 95. — Almamy Abdulkader, war between him, Alikouri, and Damel, 126. — Ambergrease, discovery of a remarkable lump of that substance found at Goree, 28. — Animals, short account of the principal, on the right bank of the Senegal, &c. 127, 154. — Ants, remarkable account of, 48. — Apes, white, the most beautiful animals in the world, 160. — Arabic, immense extent where that language is spoken, 138. — Arabs, their character, manner of living, trade, &c. 139. — Arguin, isle of, historical sketch of that Dutch settlement, 23. — Arnaud, his revolutionary fanaticism in destroying Free-town, 84. — Azounas, see Arabs.

Bagnous, sketch of their character, 47. — Baking, singular method of, practised by the Moors, 15. — Balantes, character and customs of those Negroes, 57. — Expedition of the Portuguese against it, 58. — Caution requisite in trading with them, ib. — Bambouk, account of the kingdom of, richness of its gold-mines, &c. 170. — Banions, see Bagnions. — Baol, extent of the kingdom of, 35. — Barra, interesting account of the kingdom of, 38. — His authority, revenues, &c. 40. — Bats, curious account of them in some parts of Africa, 47. — Beaver, captain, his laudable conduct as governor of the isle of Bulam, 70. — Beauty, Moorish ideas of, 132. — Biafares, their expulsion from the island of Bulam, by the Bissagos, 67. — Bintan, present state of the village, the residence of the emperor of Foigny, 46. — Population of the Portuguese there, ib. — Bird, description of a curious sort at Goree, 29. — Bissagos, archipelago of the, first discovered by the French, its site, number, government, &c. 53. — Its formation, 70. — Character of the natives, 53. — Their war with the Biafares, 67. — Bissaux, the isle of, its discovery, establishments, productions, &c. 60. — Religion, manners, and customs of the inhabitants, 62. — Their mode of warfare, 64. — Account of the order of succession, 65. — Bizaur Mansare, character of the Negro king, 71. — Blaiks, their general character, 99. — Much addicted to superstitious practices, 107. — Boat, indifference of the inhabitants to the crocodile, 76. — Bondou, arrival in the kingdom of, &c. 161. — Boufflers, M. account of his interview with Damel at Senegal, 33. — Bourba, an amphibious animal, account of the, 31. — Brack, king, interview with him described, 123. — Bread-fruit tree in Africa, account of the, 90. — Brisson, M. de, account of his shipwreck on the coast of Africa, his treatment by the Moors, 11. — Is transferred to a new master, 19. — His dangerous encounter with two Moors, 20. — His arrival at Morocco, and interview with the emperor, 21. — His liberation, by order of the emperor of Morocco, departure for France 23. — Brue, M. account of his dispute with Damel, 34. — His reception on the isle of Cazegut, 54. — Buffoons, numerous among the Negroes, 150. — Bulam, description of the island of, its situation, extent, &c. 66. — Soil, productions, and trade, 68. — History of the English establishments formed there, ib. — Bumbalon, description of this curious contrivance for conveying orders, 63. — Bussi, remarks on the isle of, 56.

Cabo, remarks on the kingdom of, 70. — Cachaux, particulars of the Portuguese colony of that name, its government, &c. 50. — Cape, see Cabo. Cape Verd, its situation, directions to mariners on approaching it, 26. — Casamanca, the, impediments to its navigation, 49. — Casnabac, an island in the archipelago of the Bissagos, 53. — Cayor, historical sketch of the country, order of succession to the throne, 32. — Religion of the country, 33. — Superstition of the inhabitants, ibid. — Cazegut, account of the isle, its fertility, &c. 54. — Dress and character of the inhabitants, 56. Cereses, account of some singular tribes of Negroes so called, 29. — Chastity, its relative value among the Blacks, 105. — Chimpanzee, description of that animal, 92. — Circumcision, ceremonies attending the practice of, 93. — Description of the performance of the operation, 165. — Cisterns, account of two remarkable, in the isle of Arguin, 23. — Civet, account of this animal, 154. — Costume of the sexes in Africa, 102. — Crocodiles, proof of the possibility of training them, 76.

Damel, dispute of that Negro king with M. Brue, 24. — Damel, royal magnanimity of, to a vanquished enemy, 127. — Devoise, M. his death, in consequence of cruel treatment, by the Moors, 18. — Diseases incident to the Moors, 136. — Durand, M. shipwreck of, 177. — Duval, M. instance of his black perfidy and cruelty, 25. — Dwellings, manner of constructing them, their site, &c. 103.

Elephants, singular revenge of a, 77. — English, remarks on their establishments on the Gambia, 43. — Their trade, 45. — Their dispute with the king of Gereges, 46. — History of their establishment in the isle of Bulam, 68.

Factories, English, account of those situated in Africa, 44. — Fanaticism, revolutionary, disgraceful instance of French, 84. — Felups, character of the, 42. — Articles of trade with them, 44. — Fertility of the soil in the vicinity of the Senegal, 127. — Fetiso, see Hippopotamus. — Fisheries, their abundant produce on the coast near Portendick, 26. — Foigny, short account of the kingdom of, 38. — Formosa, supposed to be the residence of the gods of the Bissagos, 53. — Foulahs, the, site of their country, remarks on the inhabitants, their manners, &.c. 43. — Account of them, their religion, constitution, manners, &c. 125. — Free-town, history of its establishment, 83. — French, their establishments on the banks of the Gambia, 44.

Galam, general remarks on the voyage to, 169. — Diseases of the country, &c. 170. — Galline, sketch of the isle, 53. — Gambia, description of the river, its extent, navigation, &c. 36. — Its discovery by the Normans, 37 — Kingdoms on its banks, ibid. — History of its Establishments, 43. — Objects of trade on this part of the coast, 45. — Gereges, account of the different establishments formed in the village, 36. — Gesves, course and extent of the river, its commercial advantages, 72. — Goli, situation of the river, its trade, &c. 72. — Goree, remarks on the passage to it from Europe, as well as the Senegal, 26. Dutch origin of its name, 27. — Numerous contests respecting its possession, ibid. — Extent of its commerce, ibid. — Productions of the island, 30. — Goudnum, account of the town, its buildings, manufactures, and trade, 20. — Guenala, remarks on the kingdom of, and its inhabitants, 72. — Guiamala, description of the, 160. — Gum, account of the tree which produces it, importance of the trade with it, 139.

Hamet, Mocktar, entertainment given to him and his family, 141. — Hippopotamus, account of this singular animal, 77. — Method of hunting it, 79. — Hospitality, conduct of the Moors to those who abuse it, 135. — Hospitality, English, interesting instance of, 178. — Hundreders, account of the, 86.

Idoles, account of the islands of, 75. — Incense, its abundance in some parts of Africa, 157. — Interview with a Negro king described, 151. — Iron, the staple article in trade with the Africans, 120. — James, remarks on its inhabitants, their trade, &c. 49. Joukakonda, remarkable on account of the English factory there, 44. — Journey by land from isle St. Louis to Galam, reasons for the tour, &c. 145. — Distance of the route, 163.

Knavery, specimen of reciprocal, 141.

Lajaille, M. de, his dangerous situation owing to the treachery of the Bassantes, 59. — Lake, account of a singular, found on the isle of Goree, 28. — Locusts, their ravages, are eaten by the Africans, 122. — Los, its site, trade of this isle and its vicinity, 76. — Louis, St. description of the isle, its climate, soil, customs of the inhabitants, &c. 112 — 120.

Mahometans of Senegal, sketch of the tenets of their religion, 166. — Maldonado, Don Juan, description of his settlement near Pasqua, 48. — Mandingos, the, origin of the name, manners, customs, government, &c. 38. — Their religion, 39. — Their method of manufacturing salt, 40. — Dress of both sexes, ib. — Population 41. — Marabous of Armancour, remarks respecting the, 141. — Maroons, their laudable conduct at Sierra Leone, 86. — Marriage, ceremonies attending it at isle St. Louis, 117. — Merine, sketch of the kingdom, its productions, &c. 159. — Micheiry, account of the tree of that name, 67. — Magador, arrival of the captives at, remarks on the town, 21. — Moors, their barbarous and cruel character on the coast of Africa, 10. — Specimen of their cupidity, 11. — Instance of their pusillanimity, 14. — Insulting manners of the women, 18. — Treatment of their European slaves, ibid — Their dreadful retaliation of French perfidy and cruelty, 25. — Account of the different tribes on the right bank of the Senegal, 129. — Specimen of their pride and ignorance, 132. — Their trade, manufactures, agriculture, provisions, &c. 133. — Manner of conducting warfare, 134. — Costume, 136. — Religion, 138. — Moors and Negroes, comparison between the, 173. — Morocco, sketch of the city of, 21. — Remarks on the inhabitants, 22. — Morocco, the emperor of, his ridiculous pretensions to learning, &c. 21. — Musk, process for obtaining it, 154.

Negroes, their natural aversion to labour, 88. — Negroes, free, contrasted with slaves, 99. — Negroes and Moors, comparison drawn between the, 173. — Generosity of the former, 175. — Normans, the first discoverers of the coast of Africa near the Gambia, 37.

Ordeal, mode of trial in Africa by, 106. — Ormond, his success in commerce on the river of Sierra Leone, and tragical end, 81. — Ounce, employment of that animal by the Persians for hunting, 155. — Oyster-shells, remarks relative to an inexhaustible quarry of, 112.

Palm-wine, manner of obtaining it, its effect upon the constitution, 167. — Parroquet, account of a newly discovered species of, 128. — Pasqua, view of the country surrounding the village, its productions, &c. 47. — Phenomenon, singular in the isle of Bissaux, 65. — Piracy, French, disgraceful account of, 55. — Pisania, description of the English factory, commerce, &c. 44. — Portendick, description of the bays of, its former commercial establishment, 24. — Struggles between the Dutch and French for its possession, ib. — Its produce and trade, 26. — Portuguese in Africa, general remarks on the, 41. — On their manners and commerce, 51. — Purrah, account of the institution so called, 97.

Rio-Grande, trade carried on by way of the, 73. — Royalty, singular order of succession to, 65. — Rubault, his departure from Isle St. Louis, to travel by land to Galam, 146. — Success of his journey to Galam, 168. — Account of his murder, 169.

Salt, peculiar method of making it by the Mandingos, 40. — Singular species of, an antedote against poison, 74. — Salt-pits at Gandiolle, the, allotted for the dowry of the queen of Cayor, 31. — Salum, dominions of the king of, 35. — Salutation, curious method of, 54. — Sea-horse, see Hippopotamus. — Senegal, the, description of the bar of that river and its banks, 110. — Senegal river, its course, distinction between it and the Niger, 121. — Serays, see Cereses. — Serpents, indifference of the Negroes to them between Goree and Senegal, 30. — Sharp, Mr. G. his establishment of a colony at Sierra Leone, 83. — Sidi Carachi, account of his journey from isle St. Louis to Galam, 164. — Sierra Leone, the river of, its discovery, 81. — Account of the different establishments of Europeans in that quarter, 82. — Present state of the English colony, 86. — Productions of the banks of the river, 89. — Animal productions, 91. — Sin, sketch of the kingdom, 35. — Slave-trade, ingenious remarks on the, 109.

Tamara, site of the isle, and productions, 75. — Tin, king, his usurpation of the kingdom of Cayor, 149. — Travelling in Africa, the difficulties of, described, 14. — Trollope, captain, his generous treatment of some shipwrecked Frenchmen, 179.

Villages of the Negroes, description of the, 147, 153.

Wadelims, maimers, customs, &c. of the, 129. — Wedding, description of a Moorish, 130.

Yolof, account of a revolution in, 148. — Brief remarks on the character of, &c. 43, 122. — Youly, general remarks on the kingdom of, 157.

Zapes, account of the different hordes called, 74.