tomb of a Dutch governor, climate, the town, poisonous pools, paradoxes of prison life, social phases, characteristics of inhabitants, peculiarities of personal names, a negro 'king,' his suite, native swords, native music, 'compliments' to African chiefs, geological notes, stone implements, revenue, postal communication, 'the threshold of the Gold-region,' gold gathering, hints on gold-mining, fetish, departure of caravan from, cost of transport at, cocoa-trees, lagoonland, the 'Winding Water,' the bars of the river. Ball, a native, ii. Bamboo-palm (_Raphia rigifera_), the, ii. Bambuk mines, the, ii. Bance (Bence's Island), i. Bassam (Grand), ii. Bathurst, physical formation, i. history, graveyard, general aspect, its 'one compensating feature,' the black health officer, commissariat quarters, reminiscences respecting, inhabitants, dress, religion, horses, the Wolof, the only native tongue spoken by Europeans, the 'African Times,' Chinese coolie labour advocated, administrative expenses, exports. Beds, African, ii. Bein, origin of name, ii. the fort, Birds, list of, collected by Capt. Burton and Commander Cameron, ii. Black Devil Society (Liberia), ii. Blake, Admiral Robert, at Tenerife, i. Blay, King, state visit of, ii. his guest-house, costume, served with a writ, his inflamed foot attributed to fetish, property in mines, loyalty to British Government. Bobowusua (a fetish-island), ii. Boma (fetish-drum), the, ii. Bombax-trees (_Puttom Ceiba_), i.; ii. Bonnat, M., ii. Bosomato, ii. Bottomless Pit (Little Bassam), the, ii. Boutoo, etymology of, i. Brackenbury, Capt., on the capabilities of the Gold Coast, ii. Brezo (_Erica arborea_), the, i. Bristol barque trade, the, on the West African coast, i. Brovi (hardest wood), ii. Bulama (colony), Capt. Beaver's description of, i. Bulloms (tribe), i. Butabue rapids, the, ii.