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345 Index Note:The Editor’s Appendices have not been included in this index. Abodee: See Aburi abolition 14 Abotakyi 214 Abson, Lionel [English Governor] 140 n.37 Aburi 213 Acothim: See Agotime Accra/Akra:language 52,235;masters over Krepees 121; clothing 151-160; once a mighty nation 178; et passim Ada [brigantine] 120, 151 Ada/-s 12, 15, 47, 52, 55; conflicts withAnlo 60;92,107,108;do not cultivate fields 111; refuge in Fort Kongensten 119; brewers 170 Adade 101 Adampe./Adangbe 52 Adanson, Michel [natural scientist] 217,278 Adio a hura 45 adultery 178,179; commercial enterprise 179; husbands jealous 179 Aeolus 73 Aesculapius Marte potior 90 $ÁD; description  $ÁDR Agave provides agricultural products 111; 188 Agotime 112 Agraffi: See Agave Ajuga: Little, Great, New 82; Little Ajuga 121; 228 Akoi [cabucee in Popo] 124; threestoreyed palace 124 Akyem/Akim 90; miners killed 118, 191, 227, 229-30 $NXDSHPSLP 0RXQWDLQ%ODFNV name means `1000 slaves’ 227 Akwamu/Aquambo 62 n.32, 108, 121; defeated Ga ; 227-28, 229 albino:milk-white 146 Alakple/Alakple 76 Allada/Ardra 136,137 Amanokrom 214 American War of Independence 12 DPXOHWV Anexo/Anecho: See Popo Angermunde 15 animals: porpoises 38; seals 42 n.q; dorado 181, 240; dolphins 181; buffaloes 74; sea-elephant (hippopotamus ) 109; crocodiles 109; elephants 59,140,141; elephant hunt 140-42;elephant meat 141; products from hide 141;game ani PDOV;bush dog, a godhead 172 n.cc;monkeys 140,154, 222; wild boar 169, 219; rabbits 262; opossum 274. See Domestic animals. Anlo Ewe/Augna 12,13,47,52;Third Letter passim; 83, 88, 91, 97- 105 passim, 119,128, 182, 216, 228, 313 Annegade 255 Annemaboe/Anomabu 199 346 LETTERS ON WEST AFRICA AND THE SLAVE TRADE antelope skin: on pregnant women 158; on circumcised boy 175 , DSHEDVWDUG· $TXDUW Arabia 193 armoury at Christiansborg 46 army: increased to 3000 81; poor salary 85; increased to 4000 85; slept armed 87; increased 96, transport 107 Arsene >RSHUHWWD@ artisans at Danish forts 202; in St. Pierre 267; 314, 315 arum 223, 246 Asante/Assianthee:15,52,60,114,115 n.13, ²passim, 291; Asantehene [King] 15,has 3000 wives 187 ;language 52;traders at Christiansborg 114;at war with Dunkos 114, 115 n.13; invitation 213 Aschiama 213 Assiambo (King of Popo) 97 atmospheric pressure 278 Atocco 74, 76 Attiambo: See Obuobi Atiemo Attitonu 76 Aurora 73 Ayo: See Oyo bacchanal 205” Bacchus 20, 207 Badagrie 136, 146 ‘balhornized’ 207 n.b ballet 265 Baltic Guinea Company: chartered 12; taken over 13; 14, 19, 61, 80, 117, 201; monopoly of trade 202 Baltic Sea 35 Banks, Sir Joseph 18 Barbot, Jean 126 barley 240 basin: brass 86 Basseterre 259, surrounds 260, 262, 265 bats 105 battle preparations 68 - 9 Battor/Batoo 111 Bay: See Lome bayonets 236 beads: 57, 134, 143, 148, 151, 153160 passim, 178, 187 beer: See Pito beets [sugar] 14 behaviour:of Europeans inAfrica 22; sailors aboard ship 38 ff; 69, 207, 258, 304 Belial 251 bells 128, 144, 157, 183 Benin 137, 151, 200 Berg, Jens Jensen 238 n.8 Berlin 290 Bight of Benin 142 Bird Island 110 birds: Isert’s drawings 21 n.10; schnepfe 38; wiederhopfen 39; swallows 42; JXOOVVHDUDYHQVIULJDWHELUGV KHURQVZRRGSHFNHU crowned crane 50; singing birds 110;nightingale 110;rush warbler 110; parrots 110, 165; starlings 110; wild ducks 181, partridges 169, 181; turkeys 169; quail 169, Guinea fowl 169,181,248; snipe 181 ELUWK birthday: 70, 86, 215. See Naming ceremony black skin: 23, 146, origin of 161-64; for shoes 233 bleeding/cupping 203, 211, 226 347 INDEX Bloch, Marcus Elieser 18 bomba [black overseer] 250, 257 %RVPDQ:LOOHP boss/’snake skulls’: See Cowries %UDKH7\FKR %UDQGHQEXUJ brandy 44, 49, 59, 66, 113, 114, 128, 129, 130, 134, 137, 148, 174, 184, 187, 197, 230, 244, 311 Brazil 197 EUHDG breakers: 44, ride the breakers 44, height at Keta 120; violent at Whydah 134 bridge 131; of rushes 135; 270 bringar: 184 Britain 12 buildings/materials: 46, 54, 55, 106, 109 burial customs/funerals 177-78, 187, 272 burning of conquered settlements 85 bushes: hibiscus 109; thorny 109; whipbush 121 Cain 161 calabash 56, 124; drum 183; 216, 222, 224, 225 . Calabar/Calbar 200 &DODLV camp [military]: 46, 53-4, 56, 62, 70, 71, 78, 82, 83, 87, 88, 244, 261, 264, 272 canal 270 &DQDU\,VODQGV cane: Spanish...