Flight from Ebaddan 
darkness overtook us many miles from Ogbom- 
ishaw in a jungle swarming with leopards noted 
in the country for their boldness and ferocity. 
The air was filled with doleful sounds, the wild 
animals began to move about, and once the guide 
became alarmed, but we had no adventure with 
any kind of wild beast. 1 do not positively know 
that 1 even saw any. 1 was more concerned at 
that time about ferocious bipeds than about 
quadrupeds. Yet we had reason to be thankful 
we were not molested, for 1 was told, after 
reaching the town, that leopards had even been 
known to tear down the farm huts and devour 
the inmates, and that one had attacked a woman 
inside the walls in broad day. 
After some anxiety, we saw in the distance a 
speck of light which proved to be a lamp at the 
gate of Ogbomishaw. This town being neutral, 
1 was secure as long as I was inside its walls. 
The house of the American Baptist Mission was 
then temporarily occupied by two travellers with 
abundant supplies, and here for two nights and a 
day, I found food, shelter and rest. The mis¬ 
sionary was absent in America, but the house was 
in charge of his interpreter, and everything was 
exactly as he left it. 
Before parting with the travellers, I exchanged 
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