Home Again 
was defeated and fled to Ogbomishaw. Illorin. 
was captured and the Yorubans are now freed 
from the oppressions of their Mussulman mas¬ 
ters. With Illorin also fell Bida, Socotoo and 
other Foolah towns, and slave hunting, with all 
its diabolical cruelties and unspeakable horrors, 
has been broken up in that part of Africa for all 
time. This should open a way for missionaries, 
but the Niger company is more interested in 
trade than in missions, and will do little to curb 
Mussulman bigotry unless there is a change in its 
policy. The Emir still refuses to allow Christian 
missionaries to preach in Illorin and the farthest 
they can go in that direction is Ogbomishaw. 
Here Rev. C. E. Smith of the Southern Baptist 
Convention, is at the head of a most interesting 
and successful mission. 
Illorin being in alliance with Abeokuta and 
Ejahyay, it seemed wisest at first for me to go to 
Illorin and thence to Abeokuta and Ejahyay; but 
being informed by traders that the road to Aw- 
yaw from Ogbomishaw was certainly open, I 
finally determined to go directly to the capital 
and to place myself under the protection of 
Ardayloo, king of Yoruba. I knew that my 
wife was in great trouble and that it was a 
matter of much importance that I should inform 
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