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A mission to Gelele, King of Dahome, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Note 352 — Chapter XIII

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So Mr. Duncan states. “The people thus sacrificed are generally prisoners of war, whom the king often sets aside for this purpose. . . . . Should there be any lack of these, the number is made up from the most convenient of his own subjects.” Such, however, is not, I believe, the custom now.

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