Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling), 1854-1925 · Halifax, Eng., F. King & Sons, ltd. · leaf 204
it is. The wall and ditch are not mentioned inthe Portuguese chronicles in so far as I can ascertain, but of Gwato Pereira (Esmir-aldo, p. 72) says it has no walls but a deep fosse all round ; as Gwato, the tradingport of Benin, was entrenched, it is not likely that the larger city would be in an… … Fig. 191.—A Jekri village on the Benin river, with Yoruba building on left hand side.Daily Graphic, Jan. 13th, 1897. The high-pitched roof of such a building may have some-thing to do with all we read about towers, turrets, pyramids, and spires in the variousdescriptions of Benin. This ditch, Mr.…
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