ABSTRACT
T HERE ARE THREE phases connected with death and burial which stand out with distinctive prominence. First, there is death itself, "Qnwu". The second phase is
The provision of food and shelter is not dependent on daily employment and the native has plenty of time wherein to indulge his inherent weakness for yielding to minor ailments. A small ache or pain will put him out of action, and he sits about the picture of misery. The natives are submissive patients; they will swallow any medicine prescribed, however nauseous it may be, and tolerate any treatment, however drastic. At the same time, instructions are by no means respected unless they happen, by chance, to coincide with the inclinations, e.g. unless carefully watched, a patient will par-
Although the family cannot do much medically to relieve pain and suffering, yet there is no lack of sympathy. As the patient lies on his rude couch in the dark room, probably entirely windowless, friends and neighbours are free to enter the chamber. All, with one accord, repeat the single word " ndo", "ndo", which conveys a deep sense of "sorry, sorry ".
