In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
were read to him by his Christian prisoner. The 
command, “Thou shalt not kill,” he seemed to 
take as a personal affront. Thus he received his 
first and probably his last message, from his 
Creator. 1 afterward saw a wax statue of this 
king in London. He was seven feet tall, nearly 
white like a Foolah, and dressed in the uniform 
of an English general. Doherty said that he was 
the most godlike man in appearance that he ever 
saw and that he was not surprised his people 
worshipped him as a demigod. 
He carried out his promise to attack Abeokuta, 
but so far from sacking the town, he received a 
defeat from the Bashorun’s veterans that greatly 
weakened his power and made him willing to 
let the Egbars alone forever afterward. The 
amazons, however, fought with such fury that 
they broke the line in one place and scaled the 
wall. Some of them were found dead in the 
heart of the town. It was said that none of 
them turned their backs until a retreat was 
sounded. One of our mission boys distinguished 
himself by killing one of these furies in a hand- 
to-hand fight. He was standard-bearer of the 
converts and an amazon endeavored to wrest the 
standard from his hand and kill him with her 
short sword. 
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