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I. The Country 2 II. The Family 3   Family Responsibility.—Family Headship.—Marital Relations.—Arrangements for Marriage.—Courtship and Wedding.—Dissolution of Marriage.—Illegitimate Marital Relations.—Domestic Life. III. Succession to Property and Authority 13 IV. Political Organization 13 V. Servants 14 VI. Kingship 15 VII. Fetich Doctors 16 VIII. Hospitality 17 IX. Judicial System 17   Courts.—Punishment.—Blood-Atonement and Fines.—Punishable Acts. X. Territorial Relations 22   Tenure.—Rights in Movables. XI. Exchange Relations 23 XII. Religion 25     CHAPTER II The Idea of God—Religion 26   Theology, Religion, Creed, Worship.—Source of the Knowledge of God; outside of us; comes from God; Evolution of Physical Species.—Materialism; Knowledge of God not evolved.—Superstition in all Religions.—Dominant in African Religion.—No People without a Knowledge of at least the Name of God.—Testimony of Travellers and Others.     CHAPTER III Polytheism—Idolatry 42   Religion and Civilization.—Worship of Natural Objects.—Polytheism.—Idolatry.—Worship of Ancestors.—Fetichism.     CHAPTER IV Spiritual Beings in African Religion 50 I. Origin 50   Coterminous with the Creator.—Created.—Spirits of Deceased Human Beings; in Unity, Duality, Trinity, or Quadruplicity. II. Number 55 III. Locality 58 IV. Characteristics 62     CHAPTER V Spiritual Beings in Africa—Their Classes and Functions 64 I. Classes and Functions 64   Inina.—Ibambo.—Ombwiri.—Nkinda.—Mondi. II. Special Manifestations 70   Human Soul in a Lower Animal; the Leopard Fiend.—Uvengwa, Ghost.—Family Guardian-Spirit.     CHAPTER VI Fetichism—Its Philosophy—A