"'Yes, if he has a son; if childless, the great chief next to him in rank. The msagira is the next to the sultan, whose business it is to hear the cause of complaint, and convey it to the sultan, who, through the sultan, dispenses justice, he receives the honga, carries it to the mtemi (sultan), places it before him, and when the sultan has taken what he wishes, the rest goes to the msagiri. The chiefs are called manya-para; the msagiri is the chief manya-para.' "'How do the Wagogo marry?' "'Oh, they buy their women.' "'What is a woman worth?' "'A very poor man can buy his wife from her father for a couple of goats.' "'How much has the sultan got to pay?' "'He has got to pay about one hundred goats, or so many cows, so many sheep and goats, to his bride's father. Of course, he is a chief. The sultan would not buy a common woman. The father's consent is to be obtained, and the cattle have to be given up. It takes many days to finish the talk about it. All the family and friends of the bride have to talk about it before she leaves her father's house.' "'In cases of murder, what do you do to the man that kills another?' "'The murderer has to pay fifty cows. If he is too poor to pay, the sultan gives permission to the murdered man's friends or relatives to kill him. If they catch him, they tie him to a tree, and throw spears at him--one at a time first; they then spring on him, cut his head off, then his arms and limbs, and scatter them about the country.' "'How do you punish a thief?' "'If he is found stealing, he is killed at once, and nothing is said about it. Is he not a thief?' "'But, suppose you do not know who the thief is?' "'If a man is brought before us accused of stealing, we kill a chicken. If the entrails are white, he is innocent; if yellow, he is guilty.' "'Do you believe in witchcraft?' "'Of course we do, and punish the man with death who bewitches cattle or stops rain.' "Sacrifices of human life as penalty for witchcraft and kindred superstitions--indeed for many trivial offenses--are painfully numerous among nearly all the tribes. [Illustration: WASTE OF HUMAN LIFE. Human life is sacrificed as a penalty for witchcraft, theft, murder and many trivial offenses.] "Next to Wagogo is Uyanzi, or the 'Magunda Mkali'--the Hot Field.