s fittings--History of Mr. Ormond--How he got his rights
in Africa--I take a survey of his property and of my duties--The
Cerberus of his harem--Unga-golah's stealing--Her rage at my
opposition--A night visit at my quarters--ESTHER, the
quarteroon--A warning and a sentimental scene--Account of
an African factor's harem--Mongo John in his decline--His
women--Their flirtations--Battles among the girls--How African
beaus fight a duel _for love_!--Scene of passionate jealousy
among the women 76

CHAP. IX.--Pains and dreariness of the "wet season"--African
rain!--A CARAVAN announced as coming to the Coast--Forest
paths and trails in Africa--How we arrange to catch a
caravan--"Barkers," who they are--AHMAH-DE-BELLAH, son of
the ALI-MAMI of FOOTHA-YALLON--A Fullah chief leads the caravan
of 700 persons--Arrival of the caravan--Its character and
reception--Its produce taken charge of--People billeted--Mode
of trading for the produce of a caravan--(_Note:_ Account of
the produce, its value and results)--Mode of purchasing
the produce--Sale over--Gift of an ostrich--Its value in
guns--_Bungee_ or "_dash_"--Ahmah-de-Bellah--How he got up
his caravan--Blocks the forest paths--Convoy duties--Value and
use of blocking the forest paths--Collecting debts, &c.--My
talks with Ahmah--his instructions and sermons on Islamism--My
geographical disquisitions, rotundity of the world, the Koran--I
consent to turn, _minus_ the baptism!--Ahmah's attempt to vow
me to Islamism--Fullah punishments--Slave wars--Piety and
profit--Ahmah and I exchange gifts--A double-barrelled gun
for a Koran--I promise to visit the Fullah country 84

CHAP. X.--Mode of purchasing Slaves at factories--Tricks of
jockeys--Gunpowder and lemon-juice--I become absolute manager
of the stores--Reconciliation with Unga-golah--La belle
Esther--I get the African fever--My nurses--Cured by sweating
and bitters--Ague--Showerbath remedy--MR. EDWARD JOSEPH--My
union with him--I quit the Mongo, and take up my quarters with
the Londoner 94

CHAP. XI.--An epoch in my life in 1827--A vessel arrives
consigned to me for slaves--LA FORTUNA--How I managed to sell
my cigars and get a cargo, though I had no factory--My first
shipment--(Note on the cost and profit of a slave voyage)--How
slaves are selected for various markets, and