The guinea-fowl is the most numerous of all game-birds.

Partridges come next, but do not afford good sport; and quails are rare.

Ducks and snipe appear to love Africa less than any other country; and geese and storks are only found where water most abounds.

Vultures are uncommon; hawks and crows much abound, as in all other countries; but little birds, of every colour and note, are discoverable in great quantities near water and by the villages.

Huge snails and small ones, as well as fresh-water shells, are very abundant, though the conchologist would find but little variety to repay his labours; and insects, though innumerable, are best sought for after the rains have set in.