In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
ing verbatim extract from the report of a British 
naval officer will show. It was made upon the 
testimony of a German merchant who was 
forced to remain at the Dahomian capital and 
witness the bloody scenes which followed the 
return of the Dahomian army from its murderous 
expedition to Eshagga. The report was made by 
the commander of H. M. S. Griffin from Little 
Popo. The last portion reads as follows: “Mr. 
Euschart was next brought to the market-place 
where he was told many people had been killed 
the night before. He first saw the body of Mr. 
Doherty, a missionary and church catechist at 
Eshagga. The body was crucified against a 
large tree—one nail being driven through the 
forehead, another the heart, and one through 
each hand and foot. He was then taken to the 
market-place where the king was seated on a 
raised platform and was talking a great ‘war 
palaver’ with the people. He promised them an 
attack on Abeokuta in November. Cowries, cloth, 
and rum were then distributed. In front of the 
market-place there were rows of human heads 
fresh and gory and the market-place was sat¬ 
urated with blood. The heads belonged to some 
of the Eshagga prisoners who had been killed 
during the night after having been tortured in the 
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