Sentries were placed on the walls, and a grand thanksgiving service was held in the open space in the center of the town which the whole populace attended.
"What will be their next move, do you think ?" Frank asked Mr.
Goodenough.
"I cannot say," Mr.Goodenough said; "but these people know something of warfare, and finding that they cannot carry the place by assault, I think you will find that they will try some more cautious move next time." For two days there was no renewal of the attack.

At Mr.Goodenough's suggestion the Abeokutans on the wall shouted out that the Dahomans might come and carry off their dead, as he feared that a pestilence might arise from so great a number of decomposing bodies at the foot of the wall.

The Dahomans paid no attention to the request, and, at Mr.
Goodenough's suggestion, on the second day the whole populace set to work carrying earth in baskets to the top of the wall, and throwing this over so as to cover the mass of bodies at its foot.

As to those lying farther off nothing could be done.

On the third morning it was seen that during the night a large number of sacks had been piled in a line upon the ground, two hundred yards away from the wall.