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and the Fors speak with the greatest contempt of the Niams-Niams 
on account of their cannibal propensities. 
Tobacco is not smoked, blit chewed and snuffed, and no other 
narcotics are used. The tobacco is indigenous, and very strong. 
It is carried about in small bundles, the leaves having been first 
dried and broken up small and mixed with fine wood-ashes, and it 
is rolled up in palm leaves. After a plug has been chewed it is 
stuck behind the ear till next wanted. Various roots and barks are 
chewed for medicinal purposes. Some of the Fors who have come 
into intimate connection with the Arabs have learnt to smoke, but 
they are looked down upon by their compatriots. 
Religion , Fetishes , — It is a very difficult matter, if not im- 
possible, to give any account of the original religion of the Fors. 
Mohammedanism has been professed by them for hundreds of years ; 
at the same time it is tempered by their origiual beliefs, and a great 
many of its tenets are totally ignored. For instance, they are so 
much addicted to drink that the decrees of Islam on this point remain 
altogether unregarded, although several of their kings have made 
great efforts to put down this vice. 
In the following remarks about their religious beliefs it will be 
perfectly possible for the intelligent reader to recognise which of 
them have been assimilated from the teachings of Mohammedan 
fakirs. 
“ Kilma ” is what seems to correspond to our idea of “soul.” It is 
called “ the power of the liver,” for, believing that the liver is the 
seat of the soul, it is considered that an increase of a man’s own soul 
may be obtained by partaking of an animal’s liver. Whenever an 
animal is killed its liver is taken out and eaten, but the people are 
most careful not to touch it with their hands, as it is considered 
sacred; it is cut up in small pieces and eaten raw, the bits being 
conveyed to the mouth on the point of a knife or the sharp point 
of a stick. Any one who may accidentally touch the liver is strictly 
forbidden to partake of it, which prohibition is regarded as a great 
misfortune to him. Women are not allowed to eat liver, and are 
believed not to possess a “kilma.” 
When a man dies his kilma is supposed to go to Accra, and 
there he is told whether he has been good enough to go to Molu. 
Molu is the ancient native name for God. The name of Allah is 
