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PLAYGROUND OF THE GODS IN THE CENTRE OF A VILLAGE NOTORIOUS FOR ITS CANNIBAL FEASTS Witchcraft is rife in Melanesia, and the inhabitants of the New Hebrides are, for the most part, bound hand and foot by their superstitious fears and beliefs. In this sacred ground, on the island of Ambryn, where only the members of certain clubs may assemble, and where the foot of woman may never tread, weird images have been set up, which are believed to be the seat of spirits endowed with strange destructive powers |