Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling), 1854-1925 · Halifax, Eng., F. King & Sons, ltd. · leaf 92
Thomson, London, Narr. II., p. 398). 78 Great Benin—Its Custoins, Art ami Hovrovs. horns. The result was an awful discord which one must have heard to appreciate.During this concert, the king was seated in a tent [sic] surrounded by the big men and anuiltitude of courtezans, such as are met with in… … mcreased their din a black was brought in gagged, with a fme white cloth round hisloins, and stopped about a hundred paces from the king, and in the meanwhile themusic got worse. Two masked men covered with a dress which touched the ground,that looked to be seven feet high approached the king to…
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