Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa

[Illustration: JU-JU MASK FROM IBO COUNTRY, SOUTHERN NIGERIA] FOLK STORIES FROM SOUTHERN NIGERIA WEST AFRICA BY ELPHINSTONE DAYRELL, F.R.G.S., F.R.A.I. DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, SOUTHERN NIGERIA WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW LANG _WITH FRONTISPIECE_ LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA 1910 * * * * * CONTENTS _Frontispiece from a Drawing in Colour by_ Major G. M. DE L. DAYRELL PAGE Introduction vii I. The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter 1 II. How a Hunter obtained Money from his Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and how he got out of repaying them 6 III. The Woman with two Skins 11 IV. The King's Magic Drum 20 V. Ituen and the King's Wi…

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