ner as ladies lap dogs are in England.
Great care is taken to keep them clean and in good condition; they
are washed every morning in soap and water; and so greatly are they
attached to their masters or mistresses, that they are constantly at
their meals, following them in doors and out, from town to town, and
in all their peregrinations. Goats, sheep, swine and poultry are in
great plenty here, and in the possession of every one,
notwithstanding which they are always excessively dear, because the
people take a pride in displaying the number and quality of their
domesticated animals.

The inhabitants of Jeado are in general very decently dressed in
cotton dresses of their own manufacture. In their persons, they are
much more agreeable, than those who reside near the sea. European
goods are brought hither from Dahomey and Badagry, but more
especially from Lagos, and are daily exposed for sale in the markets
of Jadoo and Egga. Several chiefs on the road, questioned the
travellers to account to them for the Portuguese not purchasing so
many slaves as formerly, and they made very sad complaints of the
stagnation of that branch of traffic. It would perhaps have been as
much as their heads were worth, to have told them the true reason.

Hippopotami abound in the rivers in the vicinity of the town, when
young, the flesh and skin of these animals are sold as food, and
whips and other articles are made of the skins of the old ones. At
the usual hour of the following day, April 17th, they quitted Jadoo,
and in the middle of the day arrived at a clean, pretty little
village, called Pooya. The appearance of the country between these
places is extremely fine, resembling a magnificent orchard. On their
way they met several hundreds of people of both sexes and all ages,
with a great number of bullocks, sheep, and goats, together with
fowls and pigeons, which were carried on the head in neat wicker
baskets. Several of the travellers were loaded with country cloth,
and indigo in large round balls. They were all slaves, and were
proceeding to the coast from the interior, to sell the goods and
animals under their charge. One old woman had the misfortune to let a
large calabash of palm oil fall from her head: on arriving at the
spot, they found a party of females, her companions in slavery,
wringing their hands and crying. The affliction of the old woman was
bitter indeed, as she dreaded the punishment which awaited her on her
return to