YORUBA LEGENDS

BY
M. I. OGUMEFU, B.A.

LONDON
THE SHELDON PRESS
NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C. 2

II
HOW TRIBAL MARKS CAME TO BE USED

A CERTAIN King named Sango sent two slaves to a distant country on an important mission.

In due course they returned, and he found that one slave had achieved successfully what he had been sent to do, while the other had accomplished nothing. The King therefore rewarded the first with high honours, and commanded the second to receive a hundred and twenty-two razor cuts all over his body.

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