Return to Baffo--Anxiety of my Caboceer--Rejoicings for my Return--Our March--Fine Plain--Plants--Neutral Ground--Natives of the Dassa Mountains--Agriculture--The Annagoos, dangerous Enemies--Poisoned Arrows--Poisonous Plants--Alarm of my Attendants on my plucking it--Fatal Effects of this Plant and Dread of it by the Natives--Number of the Natives Blind, supposed to be the result of it--Unsuccessful Attack on them by the Dahomans--Spiral Rocks--Hostile Demeanour of the Natives--They follow us with Menaces--Some Account of these Mountaineers and of the Dassa Mountains--The Blue Eagle--Cataracts--Beautiful Plain--One of my Cases of Rum broken by a Carrier--Twisted Marble of Variegated Colours--Path covered with Pepper-trees--Monkeys--Logazohy--Mayho’s Town--The Caboceer--The Merchants--Their Names--Carelessness with respect to Fire--Visit of the Caboceer 190 CHAPTER IX. Enter Logazohy in Regimentals--Received by the Caboceer, attended by his Soldiers--Singular Mode of Dancing--Native Jester--Description of the Town--Corn Mills--Presents from Fetish-women--Agriculture--Prevalent Diseases--A disgusting Case of Leprosy--Quarrel among my Carriers--My Illness--The Damadomy--Trees, Shrubs--The Agbado--Rapid Construction of a Suspension Bridge by my Dahoman Guards--Savalu--Reception by the Caboceer--Picturesque Situation of the Town--Caboceer’s House--His Wives--His Jester--My Illness 210 CHAPTER X. Importance of the Caboceer of Savalu--Curiosity of the natives--State Constables--Military Dance--Introduction to the Fetish-women--Manufactures--Crane-shooting--Present by Fetish-women--Hospitality of the Caboceer--His Name and those of his Head Men--Wild Grapes--The Zoka--Shrubs--Swim across the Zoka--Mode of Transporting my Luggage--Difficulty in getting my Horse across--Fearlessness of the Dahoman Female Carriers--Bad Roads--Jallakoo--Reception by the Caboceer--My Illness--Appear in Regimentals before the Caboceer--Concern evinced on account of my Illness--Description of the Town--Agriculture--Caboceer’s Name and those of his Head Men--Presents to the Caboceer 229 CHAPTER XI. My continued Illness--The Koffo--The Langhbo--Bivouac--Keep Sentinel--Shea-butter Trees--Springs impregnated with Iron--Gijah--Poverty of the Caboceer--Hospitality of Atihoh, the Merchant--Doko--Met by the Avoga of Whydah--Etiquette with regard to the Time of entering a Town--Enter Abomey--My Servant Maurice takes to his Bed--Sudden Change in the Temperature--Visit to the King--His Gratification at my safe Return--My Conversation with his Majesty--His Views with regard to the Slave Trade--His Desire to cede Whydah to the English Government--Dictates a Letter to me to that effect--His costly Tobes--Singular Piece of Patch-Work 253 CHAPTER XII.