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Excerpt from Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome, Vol. 1 of 2: With Notices of the So Called "Amazons," the Grand Customs, the Yearly Customs, the Human Sacrifices, the Present State of the Slave Trade, and the Negro's Place in Nature
The History of Dahomy, published nearly three fourths of a century we are told that the short interval from Whydah beach to Abomey is perhaps the most beaten track, by Europeans, Of any in Africa. The Author thereupon proceeds to Show a difference of 104 miles between the maximum and minimum estimates of the distance, which is nearly doubled by the most correct.
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