Item 01: Henry Weston Pryce diary, May 1916-ca. 1918 - Page 38
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[Page 38]
tolerated and openly claim ju-ju worship & cannibalism as tribal privileges. (They only eat enemies & one old buck informed me "Boy not good like cow - Eat plenty Boy, Bushman make fraid" meaning that the eating is for moral effect. Bon Idée. While on the wharf yesterday I bought 2 ½ worth of good Ju-Ju. Wild & wooly old Ju Ju man on naval wharf, said to have so great hold on Bushmen (30,000 here) that authorities frightened to fire him out. Blessed me & gave me absolution from dangers for 2 ½d, also Ju Ju beads. Only cursed one chap while we were there - for skylarking round him. Told him he "See German - die Plenty soon!"
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