. The call of the dark continent : a study in missionary progress, opportunity and urgency. The People of the Dark Continent 95 increased. There can be no question as tothe character of fetichism ; it is an plays on the ignorant superstitions ofthe people and is the direct cause ofnumberless crimes. Murders by poison orthe dagger are of frequent occurrence—?carried out, of course, by the fetich;though those who know West Africa donot hesitate to suggest that the priestsrender any little assistance that may berequired. The fetich-priest is all-powerful in the The witch-village life of t

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. The call of the dark continent : a study in missionary progress, opportunity and urgency. The People of the Dark Continent 95 increased. There can be no question as tothe character of fetichism ; it is an plays on the ignorant superstitions ofthe people and is the direct cause ofnumberless crimes. Murders by poison orthe dagger are of frequent occurrence—?carried out, of course, by the fetich;though those who know West Africa donot hesitate to suggest that the priestsrender any little assistance that may berequired. The fetich-priest is all-powerful in the The witch-village life of the West Coast. Amongthe Bantu tribes the witch-doctor isusually the important factor. It is theuniversal belief that one man may, bymagic, bewitch another; and this is themost heinous of all offences. Whateverevil befalls is thought to be due to witch-craft. Is a man ill ? He has beenbewitched. Has disease broken out amongthe cattle ? Someone has practised an accident occurred ? The wizard orwitch must be found and punished. Atthis juncture the witch-doctor is con-sulted ;

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