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

Note 143 — Chapter XVII

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The old travellers inform us, that in their days these ladies used to lord it over their lords to such an extent, that to espouse a sanctified woman was like marrying an heiress in civilized lands.

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