1874. With a Full Account of the Notorious Annual Customs and the Social and Religious Institutions of the Ffons, also an Appendix on Ashantee and a glossary of Dahoman words and titles. The account of the eight months Skertchly, a British entomologist, spent in Dahomey. Contents: Arrival in Dahomey, An Excursion Near Whydah, The Whydah Lions, Journey to the Capital, Reception at Kana, Journey to Abomey, The Amazonian Salute, The So-Sin Custom, The Bush-King's So-Sin Custom, Presentation at Court, Journey to the Kong Mountains, The Attoh Custom, The Welcome from the King, The Bush-King's Attoh Custom, The Sin Kwain Custom, The Anlin Custom, and the Payment of the Tribute, The Azan-Gbeh, or Gun Custom, The Final Levee, The Dahoman Constitution, The Amazons, The Dahoman Religion, and Manners and Customs of the Dahomans.