Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling), 1854-1925 · Halifax, Eng., F. King & Sons, ltd. · leaf 179
ains to bear witness to itsformer splendour. Down the centre of the facade rises a pyramid about thirty toforty feet high, on the top of which there was fixed a copper serpent whose headreached to the ground and whose body was as thick as that of a man. Theinhabitants of Benin have no idea of the… … Fig. 163.—Street in Benin City. The walls in the background are covered withpalm leaf thatch; this shows more distinctly in the photograph than in the print. Froma photograph taken by Dr. Allman, Feb., 1897. ceilings were flat and the beams which crossed them were covered with variousdesigns. It…
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