19. The Guardians of the Shrine, Omogwa and Otamelli 20. Burial scene in Amade Onhia shrine, Okehin 21. The Aroid which grows round about the great Amad’ongha shrine at Ozozo 22. The shape, surrounded by skulls and draped with blood-stained linen, which represents the earth goddess Ale in the shrine at Ewawfe 23. Obelli Oduaha Ibudu juju for granting many piccans 24. Ibudu in compound next to Chief Ababua’s, Omo Chuku 25. Headless Ibudu in Omo Alipo compound, Omo Chuku 26. Ibudu at Ogaminni, near Ndelle 27. Ite Uru Ibudu 28. Charm 29. Ibudu Nwa 30. Ibudu Nwa at Ale-Barada 31. Ibudu at Digiriga 32. Ibudu placed before the entrance to Omu Dara quarter of Akpani 33. Ibudu at Akpani 34. Eku at Umo Abale quarter of Omo Dioga 35. Pillars, carved tusks, and bronze torques. Kalabari shrine of Awome-Ka-So 36. Patterns of the low Eki 37. Group of Eku, near ’Ndelle 38. The Wekwe Eruru 39. The ‘Servants of Ezum Mezum’ 40. Clay figures at the base of a cotton tree near Elele 41. Figures at the base of a cotton tree, near Elele 42. The Eni Awsoku 43. Ife Ja Okko or Ife Ajokko at Ogu 44. Chief Eleche with his head wife, standing by the memorial pillar of the late Head Priest of Aya-Eke 45. Wrestling to make the yams grow. Chief Eleche’s place, Elele 46. Ancestral tablet 47. Shrine of Ojuku juju at Woji I THE GREAT DRUM The outbreak of war seemed a favourable opportunity for discontented natives to throw off the restraints imposed by Government and return to old customs, and disturbances occurred in various parts of Nigeria. One of these took place in Aba District to the north-east of Degama. We have since learned that the native name for this region is Aba-Ala, _i.e._ Aba of the Earth Goddess Ale or Ala. Here two messengers employed by the Native Courts were seized and dragged before the great drum, described as from 18 to 20 feet in length, which stood in one of the Juju houses. Later, reliable testimony declared this to have been one of the principal shrines of the Earth Mother herself. According to the account given us, the unfortunate victims were forced to kneel at the end of the long, trough-like base, from the centre of which the rounded portion of the drum was carved, and their heads struck off so that they fell forward into the cavity. The drum was then splashed with blood and the heads, still bearing the uniform caps, were placed thereon amid the skulls of former victims as a defiance to British rule, which, the insurgents hoped, was no longer powerful enough to protect its servants.