Lolo—Unwashed—Washed—A flying bucket—A little friend—The blessed Melchisedec—A parting—_Ko-ko-ko-ko_—The centre of a fight—The poetry of soap—A threat of suicide—The eloquence of sounding brass—A “rotten road”—Savages as soldiers—Ngema’s father—Across our bow—A tornado. XII A SCHOOL 198 Mendam, the _big brother_—Clothing—A day’s program—Cutting grass—A python—Rations—A collapse—The dormitory—The dispensary—The jigger-palaver—Not stupid—A head that got hit—Singing—Interruptions—A picnic—Games—War-dances—Stories—_A Tug-of-War_—_A Race_—_The Leopard and the Antelope_—An evangelistic force. XIII THE MENTAL DEGRADATION OF FETISHISM 219 The horseshoe—The charm—The fetish—The relic—The fetish-doctor—A psychological consequence—The African idea of nature—Incredible beliefs—Confession of a chief’s son—Two babes—The idea of God—The mental atmosphere—Making the rainbow—A problem—First lessons—Why the river is crooked—An old woman’s illustration. XIV THE MORAL DEGRADATION OF FETISHISM 233 A lost child—Worship of snakes—Demoralizing factors—A chief’s fetish—Ingredients—Human sacrifice—A royal death—Wives and witchcraft—Concluding a war—Destiny—Man’s nature—New conceptions—A revolt from cannibalism—Heaps of skulls—Deliverance. XV FETISHISM AND THE CROSS 246 A precocious boy—Killed his friend—Essentially moral—Cure for lying—The ordeal—A trial and death—The sense of guilt—Expiatory rites—The new ideal—The atonement—Self-sacrifice and self-assertion—Ndong Koni builds a church—Onjoga cuts grass—Makuba’s rheumatism—What is a missionary?—Onjoga’s wife—Children at play. XVI MISSIONS AND SOCIAL PROGRESS 264 The _noble savage_—Story of a feud—Society and the individual—Progressive and unprogressive—Interdependence—Conquest of nature—Education—Authority of custom—Work—Trustworthiness—A civilizing experiment—A communion service—Equality of woman—A salutation—Attitude towards nature—A thirst for knowledge—Service—Legitimacy in government—The home—_Thy kingdom come_. XVII THE CRITICS 286 The missionary blamed for everything—Bewildering inconsistency—Professor Starr—Misfits—Criticism unjust—Unbelief—Antipathy towards the native—Cruelty—Vice—Lowering of ideals—Missions sociologically sound—The let alone policy too late—Miss Kingsley.