THE CONGO IN 1863. 
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before we entered Banza Nkaye a propitiation of the 
tutelary gods took place : Coxswain Deane had fired an 
Enfield, and the report throughout the settlement was 
that our guns would kill from the river-bank. 
The Nganga of Congo-land, the Mganga of the 
Wasawahili and the Uganga of the Gaboon, exactly 
GROUP OF CONGO NATIVES. 
corresponds with M. Michelet’s Sorciere of the Middle 
Ages, “ physicienne,” that is doctor for the people and 
poisoner ; we cannot, however, apply in Africa the 
adage of Louis XIII.’s day, “To one wizard ten 
thousand witches.” In the “ Muata Cazembe” (pp. 57, 
et passim ) we read “ 0 Ganga or 0 Surjao ; ” the 
magician is there called “ Muroi,” which, like “Fite,” 
is also applied to magic. The Abbe Proyart opines of 
