FUNERAL CEREMONIES — WITCHCRAFT. 71 
until death ends their sufferings. They are 
tortured first to ascertain whether they are 
guilty, and then, if convicted, for the sup- 
posed crime. 
A little over one year since, at the town 
of Manyua, then an out-station of Mendi 
Mission, a man was accused of witchcraft, 
and given the sassy bark tea to drink, which 
taking effect, established his guilt. A rope 
was then tied around his neck, and by it 
he was dragged around in the town until 
dead. Little did I think when visiting the 
headman of that town, that he could permit 
such barbarity ( for he seemed a good 
natured fellow), but such is heathenism. 
Not far from Good Hope station, but 
before I arrived on that coast, Mr. B. res- 
cued four persons from death, which was 
being inflicted by piecemeal. These per- 
sons were all tied on the ground so as to 
make it impossible for them to change their 
position, and fire was put to some part of 
the body. One woman had fire put to her 
foot, another to her leg, and the only man 
in the company had fire put to his back. 
Besides this they were in a state of actual 
