Gods and devils of mankind : the whole dark picture strikingly contrasted with the beauty and purity of revealed religion / by Frank S. Dobbins ; assisted by Hon. S. Wells Williams (1897)
Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton), 1855-1916 · [S.l.] · leaf 347
deities to providethem with food. Firstthey go to the malerock, and strike it witha stick. If it sounds,they believe the re-port is heafcl in Heav-en, and they will havesuccess; but if theyget nothing, they re-pair to the femalerock, which they thinkis inhabited by a mali-cious spirit, and beatit… … THE DARK CONTINENT. -147 gods. The Mohammedans and tin- Porttiefuese andEnglish traders have ol late years affected the peoplesnotions to some extent; but from the descriptions ofearlier travelers we can see what their belief was. InSierra Leone they called God Canon; on the GambiaRiver, they…
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