Includes notes on reading; visit of French President Pomidou to Niger; Tahoua; Togolese band; market at Barmou for a documentary film that Chatwin was making for Vaughan films; Birni-N'Knonni; train journey to Abomey, Dahomey; Parakou; notes on the King of Dahomey's palace at Abomey; voodoo dance; Cotonou; Ouidah; Doula, Cameroon; and Djang.