 | Catherine Hutton - 1821 - 562 ページ
...day after my arrival at Abomey, I observed a great number of human skulls, fixed on small stakes on the roof. On each side of the door was a pile of at least fifty human heads, and opposite to the door was a small stage, on which lay about two dozen... | |
 | 1825 - 844 ページ
...human skulls fixed on small stakes on the roof of it, which had belonged to prisoners taken in war.' On each side of the door was a pile of human heads, at least fifty each ; and at a few yards distance, opposite the door, was a small stage, about ten feet high, on which... | |
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... unfortunate victims, who had been sacrificed a few days before, at some of the late festivals. 