In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
cans and the hoarse barking of large monkeys. 
But it would have been dangerous to pass 
through this forest in the night, for it contained 
elephants, leopards, wild boars and other danger¬ 
ous animals. Lions are further north. We passed 
through the ruins of several large towns. These 
had been destroyed during the slave wars. In a 
distance of seventy miles in one part of this 
journey from the coast to the interior, we passed 
through the ruins of eighteen large towns de¬ 
stroyed in slave hunting. 
About ten miles from Ejahyay, which we 
reached about noon of the third day after leaving 
Abeokuta, the carriers, instigated by their head¬ 
man, put down their loads and declared that they 
were too heavy to be carried so far for the pay 
agreed upon in Abeokuta and that they would 
not carry them another step without additional 
pay. Mr. Phillips understood their language per¬ 
fectly, and he pretended to argue with them for a 
while; then affecting great anger, he hurriedly 
mounted his horse and proceeded on the way 
telling us to follow him. 1 did so, wondering 
what was to become of all my worldly goods. 
At last 1 asked him to tell me. He laughed and 
said that the carriers would be along presently 
and get to Ejahyay before we did. Sure enough, 
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