CHAPTER VII.

AFRICAN IDIOSYNCRASIES.

Patriarchal Government.--Construction of Villages.--Negro
Architecture.--Election of Kings.--Coronation
Ceremony.--Succession.--African Queens.--Law, Civil and
Criminal.--Priests.--Their
Functions.--Marriage.--Warfare.--Agriculture.--Mechanic
Arts.--Blacksmiths. 50


CHAPTER VIII.

LANGUAGES, LITERATURE, AND RELIGION.

Structure of African Languages.--The Mpongwe, Mandingo, and
Grebo.--Poetry: Epic, Idyllic, and Miscellaneous.--Religions
and Superstitions. 66


CHAPTER IX.

SIERRA LEONE.

Its Discovery and Situation.--Natural Beauty.--Founding of a
Negro Colony.--The Sierra Leone Company.--Fever and
Insubordination.--It becomes an English Province.--Character
of its Inhabitants.--Christian Missions, etc. 85