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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 199

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terest is not so much the outward appearance as thearrangement of the inhabited building inside the four large walls, and here we leave The City and Its Bnildinf^s. 185 the negro methods and strangely enough, enter upon foreign ground. In spite of theoutward resemblance the enclosures, for instance… … D aJvCHLE or FEET10 ,5 o SO ^0 Fig. 181.—Plan of an ordinary well-to-do negros house, at Labadie, Gold Coast, typicalof the country, made from the actual dwelling by Mr. Graham Nicholas, late Public WorksDepartment, Gold Coast. Note The outlines have been drawn straight, but it must beremembered…

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