Note 92 — Volume II. (continued 2)
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Ancestor worship. 26. They dread the ghosts of the dead and offer sacrifices and lay out food for them through the head of the house. If they are not fed they remain hungry in the next world, appear in dreams, and show their displeasure by besetting their living friends in the form of the nightmare, which grips their throats, sits on their breasts, and vampire-like drinks their blood at night. They appear to have no knowledge of the remarkable mock human sacrifice described by Colonel Dalton.92