. Sport, travel and adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies [microform]. Fisheries; Hunting; Pêche commerciale; Chasse. 348 VOUDOUX ORGIES. iiidividutils are incapable of furtlier exertions. Oil tlie Hecoiul night a goat is saenfieed, and the hlood drunk as before. (Jn tlie third niglit tiie orgies continue, when a little child is brought in: the cliild's throat is cut by tlie priest, the blood handed round and drunk warm ; the body is tlien cut up and eaten raw, that which is not disposed of being salted for furtlier use, special parts being reserved for the priest. The women are said t
. Sport, travel and adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies [microform]. Fisheries; Hunting; Pêche commerciale; Chasse. 348 VOUDOUX ORGIES. iiidividutils are incapable of furtlier exertions. Oil tlie Hecoiul night a goat is saenfieed, and the hlood drunk as before. (Jn tlie third niglit tiie orgies continue, when a little child is brought in: the cliild's throat is cut by tlie priest, the blood handed round and drunk warm ; the body is tlien cut up and eaten raw, that which is not disposed of being salted for furtlier use, special parts being reserved for the priest. The women are said to be the worst on these occasions. Children not over ten years of age are usually selected for sacrifice, those of pure African descent being preferred. It is said that such is the fear of the priest that as many children as are required are invariably forth- coming—either given up, often voluntarily so, by their own mothers, or stolen. A class of pro- fessional child-stealers exist, whose business it is to supply the victims. These monsters, gen- erally women, enter a house during the night, their bodies naked and oiled, and steal the child. The unfortunate victim is then rendered insen- sible by narcotic poison and kept in a secret place till required, when it is restored to con- sciousness by antidotes, preparatory for the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kennedy, W. R. (William Robert), Sir, 1838-1916. Edinburgh; London : W. Blackwood
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