heart of a lion--he must have something else too horrible to name, and has it--still the heavens are inexorable--the last appeal, “It is the face of the white man that scares the rain clouds”--unpleasant predicament for a man with a white face--the impostor’s end--A fine day for a butcher’s knife--Figian coming of age--how Mr. Petherick “Barnumized” the natives as a rain-maker--perpetrates something not many degrees short of blasphemy--the artful device of the floured flies--a Sabbath in Equatorial Africa--The worship of Njambai--paying for peeping--“who bewitched the king?”--the appeal to Ilogo--an unlucky wizard--appalling end of a witch man--Mfumbo the all-powerful--what came of felling a “devil-tree”--the business of a Mganga--how he points out the road the traveller should travel--King Passol’s dancing fetish--his extraordinary performance on stilts--“he be de debil”--a bal-masqué--“dance, oh snake! for this is indeed a happy day”--old King Kalabar--“Nabikems”--Kalabar fash--A Yoruba man’s opinion of the chameleon. Pages 204–336. PART XII. SAVAGE DEATH AND BURIAL. CHAP. XXVII.--Disrespect for human life not synonymous with personal indifference to death--burial ceremonials in cannibal Figi--the Figians no respecters of persons as regards this custom--preparations for burying a living king--the “grave grass”--paving the king’s grave--an affectionate son--“see, his body moves, but it does so unconsciously”--Figian symbols of mourning--mourning suits of leaves--the “causing to laugh”--murder of the Figian sick--“pray don’t bury me”--sexton’s work--the poorest savage sure of a comfortable “narrow bed”--the howling of a dog considered ominous--ditto, a cat’s clawing on the grave of a woman--how death came into the world--the sacrifice of fingers--the token of the bloody apron--the art of embalming--the corpse-praying priest--the “sin hole”--ceremonies at the burial of King Finow--heroic appeals to the departed king by his warriors--the scene at the sepulchre--the journey of the sand bearers--shaving the head and burning the cheek bones--twenty days’ mourning--the Mee too Buggi--singular expression of fidelity--Finow’s faithful fishermen--the Sandwich Islander’s badge of mourning--knocking out the teeth--cutting the ears--putting the tongue in black--a melancholy procession--the house of Keave--a pitiful spectacle--no admittance to the sacred building--the Pahio tabu--Heathen cities of refuge. Pages 337–360.