A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome 2 Volume Set

Volume 1: Preface; 1. I fall in love with Fernando Po; 2. I do not become 'fast friends' with Lagos; 3. We enter Whydah in state; 4. A walk round Whydah; 5. From Whydah to Alladâ, the half-way house; 6. From Alladâ to Agrime; 7. Small reception at Agrime, and arrival at Kana, the King's country quarters; 8. The procession; 9. The reception; 10. The march to Agbome; 11. The King enters his capital; 12. The presents are delivered; 13. Of the grand customs and the annual customs generally; 14. The King's 'So-sin custom'. Volume 2: 14 continued. The King's 'So-sin custom'; 15. Of the so-called Amazons and the Dahoman army; 16. Addo-kpon, the Bush King's So-sin customs; 17. Of the Dahoman religion; 18. The Sin-Kwain, or water-sprinkling custom; 19. Of 'The negro's place in nature'; 20. The Y of triumph; 21. Dahome and her capital; 22. The firing to Whydah, and conclusion of the customs; 23. The delivery of the message; 24. Return to the seaboard; Conclusion; Appendices.