Brass River Brass River The Brass River is one of the branches of the Nun River, which in turn is a branch of the Niger River, in the Niger Delta in Nigeria. In the 19th century the river was an important trading route, first for slaves and later for palm oil. Brass River Crude Oil is named for a refinery on the river. The name "Brass" is European, said to have been given to the Nembe coastal villages because they traded for brass pans and neptunes to use for salt boiling. The "Brass Ijo" were all the Ijaw people from Cape Formosa
My Bonny Light Horseman My Bonny Light Horseman My Bonny Light Horseman is the sixth novel in L. A. Meyer's series "Bloody Jack". The series begins with "Bloody Jack", "Curse of the Blue Tattoo", "Under the Jolly Roger", "In the Belly of the Bloodhound", "Mississippi Jack" and is followed by "Rapture of the Deep", and The Wake of the Lorelei Lee. The story starts with Jacky back on sea after visiting her dear friend, Amy Trevelyne, after her adventures throughout the U.S. frontier. She sails her ship "Nancy B. Alsop" while waiting for Jaimy to come back from the Orient to marry her. Soon