In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
people then dispersed and the head was placed 
in a fantastically marked earthen pot in one of 
the little courts in the rear; other offerings were 
placed in other parts of the den and all was over 
but the horror of the deed. 
I was warned not to go too near while all this 
was going on, and I did not see any of the cere¬ 
monies or hear what was said, but when the 
people were gone I cautiously entered this in¬ 
fernal temple to see for myself whether it was 
really true that a human sacrifice had been 
offered. The headless trunk removed all doubt 
on the subject. It was some time before some 
of the English would believe the story. One of 
them, however, visited the spot with me and 
took a sketch of the victim’s body and of the 
place. This was sent to England. 
While the chiefs and Ogbonee elders and a 
majority of the people favored this deed, there 
were very many who did not, but they were 
powerless to interfere. When the English sent a 
consul to live among them that they might be kept 
in mind of their agreement on this subject, they 
ordered him to leave the place in two hours 
under penalty of death, and he left at once. 
This treatment was a defiance to the English, but 
they did not resent it at that time, and their for- 
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