to different places in the kingdom of Dahomey, according to the fruit seasons of the different districts. Their visit to Whydah is from the end of March till the end of April. They live chiefly upon the gwaba and cachu, plantains and bananas. The native name at Whydah is Tookay. I forgot to mention, that the body is covered with very fine down or hair. FOOTNOTES: [9] Gregapojee is mostly abbreviated into Greejee. [10] This I know practically, as I am well acquainted with agricultural labour. [11] I have preserved several specimens of these insects, and sent them to England. CHAPTER VII. Locusts--The Winged Ant--Its Destructive Nature--Horse attacked by them--Their Ingenuity in Building--Stock--Great Want of Mechanics--Portuguese Whydah--Emigrants from Sierra Leone--Their Deplorable Condition--English at the Fort of Whydah--Military Resources of Dahomey--Polygamy--Mode of Shipping Slaves--Brutality on these occasions--Porto Sogoora--Mr. Lawson’s Slaves--Greejee--Toll imposed there--Zahlivay--Yakasgo--Badaguay--The Cabbage Palm-tree--Wooded Scenery--The Palm-tree--Exploring Visit to the Haho--Misfortunes of Ithay Botho, Capt. Clapperton’s Servant--Adventures--Curiosity of the Natives--Podefo and its Market--Alligators--My Crew mutiny from fear--Hippopotami--Superstition of the Natives--A party of Fishermen, and their Fish-traps--Base Conduct of the Fishermen--My Punishment of them and my Crew. Another very singular animal of the insect tribe which I met with here, is of the class of locusts, which I have not seen in any other part of Africa. Its form is similar to that of the grasshopper, but it has four long transparent wings. The body is of a scarlet colour, the wings of a bright yellow. It is about four inches and a half long. At a leap, assisted by its wings, it can clear about twelve yards. Another insect is the large winged ant, about the dimensions of the wasp in England. They are well known to all African travellers, although some of their habits and powers may not have been noticed. One circumstance I shall relate, which convinced me at least of one peculiarity in that insect. Yesterday morning, after a night’s heavy rain, I observed several of them going singly in different directions; for they seldom go in large companies like other ants. I caught one, and carried it home in the bend of a twig. It emitted a smell, immediately upon being caught, of the most offensive and loathsome kind. I put it into a tin case with some other live insects, but the smell was so offensive as to compel me to leave the room. In about an hour and a half I returned, and found all the other insects dead. The moment I opened the box, the ant again emitted the most offensive smell.