Fetichism in West Africa; forty years' observation of native customs and superstitions . Fetich Magician.(With horns, wooden mask, spear, and sword ; dress of leaves of pahn and plantain.) FETICHISM U°CTi^IN WEST AFRICA Forty Tears Observation of Native Customsand Superstitions BY THE REV. ROBERT HAMILL ^NASSAU, , FOR FORTY YEARS A MISSIONARY IN THE GABUN DISTRICTOF KONGO-FRANCAISE AUTHOR OF CROWNED IN PALM LAND, «* MAWEDO ** WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS NEW YORK . CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS1904 Copyright, igo4By Charles Scribners Sons Published October, 1904 UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U
Fetichism in West Africa; forty years' observation of native customs and superstitions . Fetich Magician.(With horns, wooden mask, spear, and sword ; dress of leaves of pahn and plantain.) FETICHISM U°CTi^IN WEST AFRICA Forty Tears Observation of Native Customsand Superstitions BY THE REV. ROBERT HAMILL ^NASSAU, , FOR FORTY YEARS A MISSIONARY IN THE GABUN DISTRICTOF KONGO-FRANCAISE AUTHOR OF CROWNED IN PALM LAND, «* MAWEDO ** WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS NEW YORK . CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS1904 Copyright, igo4By Charles Scribners Sons Published October, 1904 UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, PREFACE ON the 2d of July, 1861,1 sailed from New York City ona little brig, the Ocean Eagle, with destination tothe island of Corisco, near the equator, on the West Coast ofAfrica. My first introduction to the natives of Africa wasa month later, when the vessel stopped at Monrovia, thecapital of the Liberian Republic, to land a portion of itstrade goods, and at other ports of Liberia, Sinoe, and CapePalmas; thence to Corisco on September 12. Corisco is a microcosm, only fivefetichisminwesta00nass
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