. St. Nicholas [serial] . elately been discoveredby African explorers,and tribes of people,not only unlike otherhuman beings in theirminds, but even in theirbodies, have been metwith. One of our coun-trymen, Henry Stanley,made a journey acrossthe center of the Afri-can continent, and, inso doing, traversedvast regions never seenbefore by white men,and, although he sawand described so much,there are no doubt agreat many strangethings yet to be discov-ered in Africa, whichcountry the St. Nich-olas boys and girls might well callbox of the World. Among the most difficult puzzles in this greatriddl
. St. Nicholas [serial] . elately been discoveredby African explorers,and tribes of people,not only unlike otherhuman beings in theirminds, but even in theirbodies, have been metwith. One of our coun-trymen, Henry Stanley,made a journey acrossthe center of the Afri-can continent, and, inso doing, traversedvast regions never seenbefore by white men,and, although he sawand described so much,there are no doubt agreat many strangethings yet to be discov-ered in Africa, whichcountry the St. Nich-olas boys and girls might well 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, the peo- ple themselves believe them right and proper, be-cause they are so taught by their priests and some African tribes have fantastic andabsurd customs in which it would seem that they. 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 short stilts, with a sort of cloakwrapped about him, and a great false head fastenedabove his own head. All this, of course, makes FOR VERY LITTLE FOLK. 487 him look very tall, and a pair of wooden arms,ivhich stick out below his big head, help to givehim the appearance of a man about twice as big asanybody else. Dressed up in this strange way, he stumps aboutthrough the village, and the people believe that hehas the power to point out any person who hascommitted a crime ; or, in case of family quarrelsor disputes, he can show which party is in , when there is an occasion for theexercise of his wonderful power, Mumbo Jumbo,followed by a crowd of hi
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