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Great Benin; its customs, art and horrors (1903)

Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling), 1854-1925 · Halifax, Eng., F. King & Sons, ltd. · leaf 149

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e to thesheds for the first time, they are in court dress, with jasper round their necks, and,kneeling down, they present the salutations from their king, and his mother and thegreatest fiadors, in whose name they bring some eatables as a present, and paymany compliments, asking about the state of… … Fig. 146.—Sketch Plan by Mr. C. Punch, toshow the position of the important Igora andUruegi Markets. 1 He relates that at Warri, women as well as men came without any fear of anybody to our shedsin order to trade there. 136 Great Benin—Its Customs^ Art and Horrors. to view the new merchandise,…

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