CONTENTS

PART I
CHAPTER I
PAGE
Introductory[1]
CHAPTER II
The Poro, Tongo Play, Borfima, Witch-doctors, Oaths[15]
CHAPTER III
The Kale Case[27]
CHAPTER IV
The Imperri Case[36]
CHAPTER V
The Kabati Case[44]
CHAPTER VI
The Yandehun Case[61]
CHAPTER VII
Borfima and Membership Cases[71]
CHAPTER VIII
Other Cases of Leopard Murder; the Human Baboon Society[80]
PART II
CHAPTER IX
A Note on Sierra Leone, Past and Present[88]
APPENDIX
Despatch from the Governor of Sierra Leone reporting on the Measures adopted to deal with Unlawful Societies in the Protectorate[119]