Thus the African reposes his faith in the doctrine of charms, which presents a substance stamped with a supernatural character, capable of being attached to himself individually, and of affording a feeling of security amid the many evils that environ him.

In all the moorish borders where writing is known, it forms the basis of _Fetisherie,_ and its productions enclosed in golden or ornamented cases, are hung round the person as guardian influences.

Absurd, however, as are the observances of the negro, he is a stranger to the bigotry of his moslem neighbours.

He neither persecutes nor brands as impious those whose religious views differ from his own.

There is only one point, on which his faith assumes a savage character, and displays darker than inquisitorial horrors.