The island of Fernando Po is a very beautiful one, the peak rising ten thousand feet above the sea, and wooded to the very summit.
Were the trees to some extent cleared away the island might be very healthy.

As it is, it is little better than the mainland.
There was not much to see in the town of Clarence, whose population consists entirely of traders from Sierra Leone, Kroomen, etc.

The natives, whose tribal name is Adiza, live in little villages in the interior.

They are an extremely primitive people, and for the most part dispense altogether with clothing.

The island belongs to Spain, and is used as a prison, the convicts being kept in guard ships in the harbor.
After a stay of three days there Mr.Goodenough and Frank took passage in a sailing ship for the Gaboon..