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

Note 6 — Chapter XIV · —(Continued).

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Lizi is his proper name. Dògò (the “languti” of India, which we generally translate T-bandage), bo (and), je (falls into), Agbwe-to (a certain sea-fetish, here used for “the sea,”) men (in). The meaning is, “In his indispensables he falls into the sea,” that is to say, “He is brave and fears nothing.”

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