. Gli abitanti del mondo; o, uomini, animali e piante; essendo un popolare conto delle razze e nazioni dell'umanità, del passato e del presente, e gli animali e le piante che popolano le grandi continenti e isole principali. Egli Gold Coast-l'Fantis-abbigliamento e ornamenti di carattere morale-governo - feticismo - sepoltura - Il Ashantis-palazzo dei re-case-tesori e grandezza-governo - vittime umane-punizione del crimine- Ffons del Dahomey-Amazzoni - Modalità di lotta-dogana-feticismo-l'Yorubas e Egbas-Caratteri fisico-Modalità di salute-superstizioni-l'olio costa-pratiche crudeli-M

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. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. he Gold Coast—The Fantis—Dress and ornaments—Moral character—Government — Fetishism — Burial — The Ashantis—The kings palace—Houses—Treasures and grandeur—Government — Human victims—Punishment of crime— The Ffons of Dahomey—The Amazons- Mode of fighting—The Customs—Fetishism—The Yorubas and Egbas—Physical characters—Mode of salute—Superstitions—The Oil Coast—Cruel practices—Mumbo Jumbo—Thepeople of Abo—Marriage—A slave market—The Camer-oons—The Gaboon country—French possessions. THE native negro races enjoy almost amonopoly of tliis great tract of country, owinec to its nnhealthiness for „^ „ *=> The French Europeans, and even for negroes inwho have been born in more tern- ^^^^^^perate climes. The French have settledat St. Louis, Dakar (Cape Verd), and Goree, and since 1854, when General Faidherbebecame governor, have gained control ofthe southern bank of the Senegal river andthe adjacent territory, and the coast nearly. 6i6 THE INHABITANTS OF AFRICA. to the river Gambia, as well as some isolated settlements south of this towards Sierra Leone. They are moreover establishing a connection, across the Sahara, with their Algerian possessions, and have brought under their control the King of Sego, on the Niger, who rules over the Bambarras, a branch of the Mandingoes. A good part of the maritime and plain country between the Senegal and the Gambia is inhabited by the Joloffs, who have a dark, grey-bronze complexion, with little hair, and very prominent jaws and under-lips. They are remarkable for ™«- T , - the number ofThe Joloffs and amulets, rings, Mandingoes. • , * coins, etc., they wear on neck, hands, and legs. Fur-ther up the hills theMandingoes and Bam-barras prevail, occupy-in

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