What must be annoying to them, however, is that the victim generally
manages to recognize who has been worrying him, and as generally leaves
to his family the obligation of wiping out the debt. In one case that
came Under my observation short work was made of the evil-dispositioned
mortals. C, the brother of A and B, happened to die of fever, and, before
dying, declared D had bewitched him. Within a fortnight A and B col-
lected a following, attacked D's house, shot him dead, and, capturing the
whole of his household and relations, some 13 in all, sold them into
slavery. Even on trial A and B would not admit the possibility of C having
made a mistake, and were scandalized that the British Government should
interfere on behalf of a wizard, who was only to be regarded like Bill Nye's
Injun, ' pisen ' to be got rid of wherever found.
