In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
Among the captives was my faithful inter¬ 
preter, John Thomas, who was carried to Ebad- 
ban and held for redemption. He had been as¬ 
sured by the Bashorun that, should the Egbars 
decide to give up the fight, he would be duly 
notified of the fact; but for some unexplained 
reason, he failed to receive this notice. We 
could get no communication with his captors 
and, after being kept in irons for three years, he 
was released. But this mercy came too late to 
save his life. His nervous system was com¬ 
pletely shattered like that of my companion in 
the Ebaddan adventure, and he soon died and 
was laid beside that other victim of Ogumulla’s 
cruelty who had lost his life by being true to me 
in time of need. Both died in the full assurance 
of faith; and I humbly hope to meet them in 
heaven. They had wandered from God, but 
these troubles brought them back again and 
proved in the end to be a great blessing to 
them. 
The houses and the walls of Ejahyay were 
broken down and a decree issued that the town 
should never be rebuilt. There is now a smaller 
unwalled town outside the forest, but the site of 
the old town is a feeding ground for wild ele¬ 
phants. 
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