ARTS AND CRAFTS AND NATIVE INDUSTRY 79 CHAPTER VI CUSTOMS: SOME CURIOUS AND SOME CRUEL 96 CHAPTER VII SOCIAL LIFE AND ORGANIZATION 107 CHAPTER VIII MARRIAGE AND CHILD-BEARING 122 CHAPTER IX NATIVE EDUCATION 140 CHAPTER X NATIVE GAMES AND PASTIMES 149 CHAPTER XI A PAGE OF NATIVE HISTORY 159 CHAPTER XII NATIVE GOVERNMENT AND THE NATIVES 169 CHAPTER XIII NATIVE LAWS, CRIMES, AND ORDEALS 179 CHAPTER XIV MYTHOLOGY AND FOLK-LORE 197 CHAPTER XV WAR 222 CHAPTER XVI HUNTING 229 CHAPTER XVII FISHING 235 CHAPTER XVIII RELIGIOUS BELIEFS 246 CHAPTER XIX THE BOLOKI WORLD OF SPIRITS 261 CHAPTER XX MEDICINE MEN AND THEIR MAGIC 276 CHAPTER XXI TABOOS AND CURSES 294 CHAPTER XXII NATIVE CHARMS AND THEIR USES 302 CHAPTER XXIII DEATH AND BURIAL 314 CHAPTER XXIV NATIVE DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT 324 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ APPENDIX NOTE 1.—ON YEASTS, FERMENTS, AND BREAD-MAKING 335 NOTE 2.—ON THE BOLOKI VERB 336 NOTE 3.—ON THE BOLOKI METHOD OF COUNTING 339 NOTE 4.—ON BOLOKI RELATIONS OR KINSHIP 342 NOTE 5.—ON NATIVE DISEASES 345 NOTE 6.—ON THE HEALTH OF WHITE MEN ON THE 346 CONGO INDEX 350 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Page Boloki Man and his Wife _Frontispiece_