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widower with two daughters who looked after 
his household. As he was a very old man, it is 
doubtful whether he ever married again. 
The Emir was a member of the Masonic fra¬ 
ternity and would grant special privileges to any 
stranger who furnished proof that he belonged 
to that order. Ordinarily his person was screened 
while giving an audience to Nazarenes and other 
foreigners, but when he discovered that his vis¬ 
itor was a Mason, he pulled the curtain aside 
and embraced him with many manifestations 
of joy and affection. He was a white Foolah 
and like all other rulers of his race, preyed on 
the Pagan towns near him. lllorin boasted the 
largest slave market in that part of Africa. The 
Yorubans who lived in the town as subjects of 
the Emir were mostly Pagans and had little 
social intercourse with their haughty masters, 
and they were secretly cherishing at that time 
a burning desire to free themselves from the 
Foolah yoke. 
I will add here as a sort of note that this desire 
has recently been gratified. In a battle fought 
between the English and the forces of the Emir 
in the beginning of the year 1897 , the Yorubans 
turned against the Foolahs and placed themselves 
under the protection of the English. The Emir 
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