Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1895 — Howling at the Moon. [ARTICLE]

Howling at the Moon.

Just as some highly civilized races worship tire sun, so some people lower In the scale worship the moon. Amongst the latter may be named the Makua, of Mozambique, in Bast Africa. They are a bad lot, and give, the Portuguese much trouble. AF fuH 'mcron’ they always dance and howl most mournfully. Mr. H. H. Johnston, the traveler, says that though the authorities forbid these observances, liis Makua servants ran the risk of being whipped, and even imprisoned, rather than not go down to the beach to yell and caper on full-moon nights.