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Show Superstitions In Africa, A writer says. "A Pondo chief In vory olden days on accession to tho throno would kill ono of his brothers and wash In his blood to strengthen himself and then would keop his mcdl-clnos mcdl-clnos In tho skull of the dend brother a practlco which raised tho power of 1 tho modlclnn to tho 'nth,' ns mathematicians mathema-ticians would say. If n warrior of conspicuous bravery Is killed In war his body Is made Into mcdldnq and ' administered to the young men to I make them brave a practlco which i mny well hnvo boon tho hasl3 of cannl-i cannl-i bnllsm." |