The Colony of Lagos 
bloody King of Dahomey. The queen felt the 
responsibility and gave the young slave girl the 
best education her kingdom afforded for girls, 
and the accomplishments of the young captive 
were quite marked. She was a musician, 
poetess, linguist and brilliant conversationalist. 
At her marriage with a wealthy native merchant, 
the queen thought fit to be present and the bride 
was given away by the Duke of Cambridge, her 
representative. Like Crowther, she was jet black 
and had the tribal and family marks deeply cut 
into her face. Educated Yorubans have greatly 
multiplied since then, but the history of these two 
is quite sufficient to show that there are great 
possibilities before the Yoruban race. 
The civilization of Lagos, however, can be of 
little use. to Yorubans so long as its influence is 
counteracted by the rum trade. It is to be re¬ 
gretted that this is not discouraged, at least, by 
' the authorities at Lagos. On account of the 
revenue which it brings in, they are said to rather 
encourage it. 
Mussulmans, especially Haussas, are greatly 
favored by the Lagos authorities. About fifteen 
millions of people speak the Haussa language 
and a professorship in it has been established in 
Cambridge University. This gentleman is said 
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