one brought for my inspection by the people, who always declared that if this insect bit an individual he was sure to waste away and die. As a consequence of this belief, all cases of poisoning, tubercular disease, or indeed any form of death for which their ignorance could not see an exact cause, were attributed to “Kim-putu.” So strong is this feeling, that once a native (and even some of our own men became infected with the superstition) had made up his mind that he was in the clutches of the “ Kim-putu “ fiend, it was practically impossible to save him.

In Kasongo and its neighbourhood the inhabitants, both Arab and native, have a firm belief in ghosts. They believe that the spirits of the dead haunt not only certain places, but individual people also, and that one of these spirits may