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MISSION TO GELELE,

KING OF DAHOME.


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.


BY

RICHARD F. BURTON,
(LATE COMMISSIONER TO DAHOME,)
AUTHOR OF "A PILGRIMAGE TO EL MEDINAH AND MECCAH."


"If a man be ambitious to improve in knowledge and wisdom, he should travel into foreign countries."—Philostratus in Apoll.
"Every kingdom, every province, should have its own monographer."Gilbert White.


IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.


SECOND EDITION.


LONDON:
TINSLEY BROTHERS, 18, CATHERINE STEEET, STRAND
1864.

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