. Les habitants du monde ; ou, l'humanité, les animaux et les plantes ; être un compte rendu populaire de la races et nations de l'humanité, passée et présente, et les animaux et plantes qui vivent dans les grands continents et îles principales. Il Côte d'or - La robe-Fantis et ornements-moralité gouvernementale - Fétichisme - Enterrement - les Ashantis-les rois-maisons-palais et trésors grandeur-Gouvernement - victimes humaines-punition du crime- La Ffons de Dahomey-les Amazones- Mode de combats-les hors-la-Fétichisme Yorubas et Egbas-caractères physiques-mode de salut-Superstitions-la-Côte d'huile les pratiques cruelles-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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