Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome, Vol. 2 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 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome, Vol. 2 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 I A head of cowries r: 2 shillings) keeps a poor man for about four days, or f 9 23. 6d. Per annum. An officer expends about 75 per annum. Which is the rate of living Of a Moslem gentleman and his household in Syria. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.