Narrative of an Exploring Voyage Up the Rivers Kwóra and Bínue: (commonly Known as the Niger and Tsádda) in 1854. With a Map and Appendices. Pub. with the Sanction of Her Majesty's Government. By William Balfour Baikie |
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A'boko's Abó African afternoon afterwards Alihéli anchored appearance ashore asked Attá bank Bássa Beecroft Bight of Benin Bínue boat Bonny Bornú brass called Cameroon canoes chief close cloth Confluence cowries creek crew Crowther dark dialect Djín Djúku Dóma eastward expedition feet Fernando Fernando Po Formoso Fulátas gave ground Gúrowa Hamarúwa hands Hausa hippopotami Hutchinson huts I'gbira I'gbo Iddá Igára Igbégbe Igbo inhabitants Island ivory Kalabár Keána King Korórofa Krúmen Kwóra landed look Macgregor Laird meridian altitude miles Mítshi morning Mount named natives nearly night numerous Núpe o'clock O'jogo observations Orú palm-oil Pánda Páro party passed Pleiad Polyglotta Africana present preter Púlbe Púlo reached river sent ship shore side Sierra Leone slaves spot stream Sultan supercargo told town trade trees tribes Tshúkuma vessel village voyage wood Wukári yams Yoruba Zhibú Zúri
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Page 403 - But you will remember that the best security from attack consists in the natives seeing and knowing you are well prepared to meet it. At the same time you are strictly enjoined to use the greatest forbearance towards the people, and, while retaining proper firmne'ss in the event of any misunderstanding, to endeavour to conciliate-'as far as can possibly be admitted with safety to your party.
Page 122 - ... friendly intercourse with the natives who crowded down to the banks of the river. The scenery of the Benue was found to be far grander than that of the Lower Niger, ranges of mountains taking the place of the ever-present swampy flats of the Delta regions ; " the neighbouring soil," says Baikie, " teemed with a diversified vegetation, and the frequent recurrence of hill and dale pleased and gratified the eye. • Nor was animal life wanting, for from our mast-head we enjoyed the novel sight of...
Page 198 - Part of a red shirt belonging to one of our Krumen was seen peeping out from below a bag and some advanced to lay hold of it, when suddenly my little dog, who had been lying quietly in the stern-sheets, raised her head to see what was causing such a commotion.
Page 196 - I cannot conjecture, but we saw dwellings from which, if inhabited, the natives must have dived like beavers to get outside. We pulled in speechless amazement through this city of waters, wondering greatly that human beings could exist under such conditions. We had heard of wild tribes living in caverns and among rocks, we had read of races in...
Page 200 - Could an unconcerned spectator have witnessed the scene, he would have been struck with the amount of the ludicrous it contained. There were our Kruboys, all as pale as black men could be, the perspiration starting from every pore, exerting to the utmost their powerful muscles, while Mr. May and I were trying to look as unconcerned as possible, and, to lessen the indignity of our retreat, were smiling and bowing to the Dulti people, and beckoning to them to follow us. Their light canoes were very...
Page 356 - A commercial or mercantile association was, by the exertions of Captain Witt and others, formed, the members being the chief white and black traders in the place, and the chair is occupied by the white supercargoes in monthly rotation. All disputes are brought before this court, the merits of opponents are determined, and with the consent of the King, fines are levied on defaulters.
Page 453 - Experience likewise proves that if endemic fever seizes a person who has been using quinine as a prophylactic, he will escape much more easily, and have a milder and more manageable attack than another who has not been so employing it.
Page 197 - We were barely allowed to conclude, when nearly the entire population of the place, half-wading, half-swimming across a small creek, came upon us, and stared at us in wild astonishment. A hurried set of sights being taken, we carried our things back into the boat, and as we wished to get another set about three quarters of an hour after noon, we tried to amuse ourselves and to spend the intervening tune as we best could.
Page 169 - ... Luckily for me it had a double trunk, with a distance between of about two feet ; so tying my shoes together, and casting them over my shoulder, I placed my back against the one trunk, and my feet against the other, and so managed to climb until I got hold of a branch by which I swung myself further up, and finally got into a spot about twelve or fifteen feet from the ground. Here I placed myself on a branch, about a foot in diameter, projecting at nearly right angles, and by leaning against...
Page 197 - We were barely allowed to conclude when nearly the entire population of the place, half wading, half swimming ucross a small creek, came upon us and stared at us in wild astonishment A hurried set of sights being taken we carried our things back into the boat, and as we wished to get another set about three quarters of an hour after noon, we tried to amuse ourselves and to spend the intervening time as we best could. We were now able to look a little more attentively at our new friends, who in large...