Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling), 1854-1925 · Halifax, Eng., F. King & Sons, ltd. · leaf 103
nts that if the guilty one on being interrogated did not acknowledge thetheft, his [Landolphes] fetish would burn his [the culprits] beard. His fetishconsisted in phosphor matches, which, when the tubes holding them were broken,became ignited; so calling up the negro he considered guilty, Landolphe… … Fig. 88.—Various forms of Catfish Ornamentation.From Bronzes in British Museum. 1 Yet a different sort of ordeal is described by Burton (p. 156) at Warri. Two kinds of barkare used, that ot the young and that of the old tree, the latter not being too virulent. A quantitysufficient is beaten up with…
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