They lay everywhere in the road, across the doors, and against the walls.

They quarreled energetically inside lanes and courtyards, and when worsted in their disputes galloped away grunting, careless whom they might upset.

The principal street of Accra was an amusing sight.

Some effort had been made to keep it free of the filth and rubbish which everywhere else abounded.

Both sides were lined by salesmen and women sitting on little mats upon the low wooden stools used as seats in Africa.