Culture

The Village of Benin, for it at present State deserves the Name of a City, is the Residence of the Great King of Benin whence the whole Land and River [Bight of Benin] also borrows its Name. It is situated about ten Miles Landwards in from the Village of Agatton. The Neighboring Country is flat, as is the Village itself, which is at least about four Miles large. The Streets are prodigious long and broad, in which continual Markets are kept, either of Kine, Cotton, Elephants Teeth, European Wares; or in short, whatever is to be come at in this Country. These Markets are kept in the Fore and Afternoon each Day.