Nowhere, however, are they carried to such a terrible extent as in Dahomey.

Even Ashanti, where matters are bad enough, is inferior in this respect.

The victims are mostly captives taken in war, and it is to keep up the supply necessary for these wholesale sacrifices that Dahomey is constantly at war with her neighbors." "But are we going to fight against women, then ?" Frank asked horrified.
"Assuredly we are," Mr.Goodenough answered.

"The Amazons, as white men have christened the force, are the flower of the Dahomey army, and fight with extraordinary bravery and ferocity." "But it will seem dreadful to fire at women!" Frank said.
"That is merely an idea of civilization, Frank.

In countries where women are dependent upon men, leaving to them the work of providing for the family and home, while they employ themselves in domestic duties and in brightening the lives of the men, they are treated with respect.