In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
influence of Ogumulla, and was, also, a man of 
uncertain humors. A short time after he treated 
me so kindly, he threatened to behead two mis¬ 
sionaries who came to Awyaw from Abeokuta to 
get permission to visit Ebaddan. It was only 
through the intercession of Mr. Reid, who seemed 
to have much influence over him, that they were 
even permitted to return to Abeokuta. Their 
lives were spared upon condition that they would 
be a certain distance from the city in one hour 
after they had been warned. 
Mr. Reid accompanied me to the outposts of 
the Awyaw army, and then bade me an affec¬ 
tionate adieu. 1 did not see him again until we 
met in America. 
As the pickets had been instructed to let me 
pass in safety, 1 soon found myself on Ejahyay 
territory. In coming suddenly out of a belt of 
forest, I came upon a number of Ejahyay soldiers 
plundering the Awyaw farms, and it was very 
amusing to see how the fellows stuck to their 
baskets of yams while they scampered away sup¬ 
posing that the horsemen of the enemy were 
coming. A little farther on I came to the outpost 
of the Ejahyay army. The commander received 
me kindly and wanted to detain me to give some 
account of what I had learned of the Ebaddan 
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