1893: 115 towns of Tribe of Judah in Dahomey (jan 1, 1893 – jan 1, 1894)
Description:
"The eye dwells with delight upon the numerous country villages, like the 115 towns of thetribe of Judah, and upon the thin forest of palms rising from the tapestry of herbage, here waving, there cut short, which combine to make this spot the Fridaus or Paradise of Dahome-land."
Source:
Burton, Sir Richard Francis. p 191. A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome: With Notices of the So Called “Amazons,” the Grand Customs, the Yearly Customs, the Human Sacrifices, the Present State of the Slave Trade, and the Negro’s Place in Nature, Volumes 1-2. p 23.
https://books.google.com/books?id=BjU6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA191
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Date:
jan 1, 1893
jan 1, 1894
~ 12 months