XXI 
PARTIAL CIVILIZATION 
Our house in Abeokuta was differently situ¬ 
ated from that in Ejahyay. The city had out¬ 
grown its original limits so much that quite a 
little town had sprung up outside the gate lead¬ 
ing to Ejahyay. This town contained a small 
but comfortably shaded market-place. The mis¬ 
sion compound was built on the outside of this 
collection of houses and stood just on the edge 
of a great plain which furnished pasture for the 
cattle of the town. This plain was made very 
picturesque in many places by lofty rocks or 
boulders, deep hollows and wild gorges which 
would have been ideal abodes for Pan himself. 
But something more useful and substantial dwelt 
here in the form of arparrows, antelopes and 
other game, and I found much needed recreation 
wandering with all freedom through the high 
grass and bushes and exploring the mysterious 
recesses. But the vines and grass and many 
other sorts of growth were so thick that it was 
often difficult to find even large game after I 
had killed it. Once while I was pushing through 
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