Johnson, Harry, London Missionary Society · London, London Missionary Society · leaf 160
I5t) NIGHT AND MORNING IN DARK AFRICA corpse, and place it in position ; the body, still in the bent-up posi- tion, is laid on its side. A little flour, a few beads, and a little tobacco are often placed in the grave ; then a friend will step forward and talk of the might and skill and goodness of… … WIDOWS IN MOURNING. not spoken to or for the benefit of the living standing around the grav^e, but is addressed to the dead. The earth is then filled in, the friends giving some assistance, and the party prepares to leave. If it has been a woman’s funeral, then the chief mourner is a woman, and
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