ABSTRACT
It is usual for a witch-doctor to acquire for his power a member of one of the higher grade spirit classeshe does not acquire a human soul-and his successor usually, I think, takes the same spirit, or, at any rate, a member of the same class. This does not altogether limit you as a successor to a certain line of practice, but, as no one spirit can do all things, it tends to make you a specialist. I know a district where, if anyone wanted a canoe charm, they went to one medical man; if a charm to keep thieves off their plantation, to another.
