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Several people were taken to hospital after the weekend incident in Adjarra town, near the capital Porto Novo.

“In Porto Novo, where I live, after a heavy rain storm, I saw a doll lying in the mud”, he told BBC Africa.

Kotonu is a regular port of call for steamers from Europe to the West Coast, and there is also regular steamship communication along the lagoons between Porto Novo and Lagos.

Among the chief towns are Timbuktu and Jenn� on the Niger, Porto Novo in Dahomey, and St Louis and Dakar in Senegal, Dakar being an important naval and commercial port.

The progress of Hyder was arrested; and in a few months the great victory of Porto Novo retrieved the honor of the English arms.