CHAPTER XVI

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THE DARK CONTINENT.

African belief in a god or gods--Praying for rain--The Hottentots’ god, Gounja-Gounja--The Bushmen’s god--Zulu tradition of the origin of men--Good and bad spirits--The spirit in the insect--Fetich worship--A horrible fetich--Stanley and the Africans’ fear of fetich--Witchcraft, 341

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