Excerpt from Dahomey as It Is: Being a Narrative of Eight Months' Residence in That Country

Hence my entomological labours resulted in almost nil, in spite of repeated and earnest solicitations to Gelelé for permission to collect in the environs of Abomey at least. I endeavoured to console myself with the thought that I should be able to get a thorough knowledge of the Dahoman people, but I would much rather have remained ignorant of the Ffons and have added a trifle to zoological knowledge than have been enabled to produce this volume.

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