Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 511
l callbox of the World. Among the most difficult puzzles in this greatriddle-box are the customs of some of the Africantribes. Of course, all savage and heathen peopledo very strange things in connection with theirreligion and their laws, yet, however odd andridiculous some of these may seem to us,… … MUMBO JUMBO SETTING OUT UPON HIS SEARCH. The Riddle- could not have any faith whatever ; still, they reallyattach a great deal of importance to them. Among these are the trials by Mumbo Jumbo, acharacter met with in many villages on the westcoast of Africa. Mumbo Jumbo is nothing at allbut a man on…
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