AN TUN ON0LOG Y. 
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I have often had to remark curious initiatory cere¬ 
monies, elaborate animistic belief displayed in burial 
customs, various modes of phallic worship, and obscure 
superstitions connected with eating or drinking. 
Scarcely any of these phases of savage religion, fancy, 
or folk-lore, have I encountered in the peoples who in¬ 
habit Kilima-njaro and its vicinity. I do not say they 
are non-existent, I merely mention that they have not 
come under my personal recognition, and if succeeding 
travellers are more fortunate than I in this particular, 
I shall conclude that in spite of my constant investi¬ 
gation these peculiarities have failed to display them¬ 
selves to my perception. 
