They then gave a melancholy picture of the despotism and barbarity of some of the African princes, among whom the custom of sacrificing their own subjects prevailed.

But, of all others, that which was afforded by Mr.Morris on this ground was the most frightful.

The king of Dahomey, he said, sported with the lives of his people in the most wanton manner.

He had seen at the gates of his palace, two piles of heads like those of shot in an arsenal.

Within the palace the heads of persons newly put to death were strewed at the distance of a few yards in the passage which led to his apartment.