In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
building a fortification around the camping 
ground, and little thatched huts for tents. About 
20,000 arrived on the first day and all were under 
the command of the Bashorun, the military chief 
of Abeokuta and a man of royal birth. 
So soon as he was comfortably settled in camp, 
he received a visit from Areh gorgeously arrayed 
in a scarlet robe of silk velvet. The Bashorun 
was dressed in flowered silk of the same color. 
Both wore red caps of velvet ornamented with 
gold lace. In the exuberance of his joy on ac¬ 
count of the arrival of his supposed benefactor, 
Areh danced before him; but if he had suspected 
the motives which influenced the Bashorun in 
coming, he would not have been quite so hilari¬ 
ous. Than these two, it is hardly possible for 
two men to have been more unlike in character. 
Though implacable to his enemies, Areh was 
frank and generous to his friends. On the other 
hand the Bashorun was very scheming, covetous 
and deceitful, while he was not altogether free 
from the charge of cruelty. 
The mounted scouts of the Ebaddans were 
bold riders and often performed feats of impu¬ 
dent daring. Just outside the gate leading to 
the battlefield was a large and lofty cottonwood 
tree used as an observatory by the sentinel. He 
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