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do. and the accom])lishnient of every thing which Ik- intended to ])erforni. Dreams have 

 certain auguries in relation to the order of priesthood. Those who had knowledge of 

 the interpretation of dreams were among those who had a deep understanding of the 

 auguries of dreams pertaining to life and death. 



THE BENEFIT OF DREAMS. 



Supposing that one had a dream, a water dream, it was certainly a good sign. 



The water dream. If a jierson was afflicted with a severe ailment, an ailment 

 which might be fatal, then before the medical priest operated on him, he (the i)riest) 

 would assert: "Should you dream a water dream tonight, you will recover." This was 

 one of the customary auguries by dream in connection with the order of priesthood. 



THE SEA DREAM. 



This was one of th.e worst dreams to be had in sleeix If a j^erson had a sea 

 dream before he was ill it foretold that the dreamer would be taken sick. Again. If 

 a person dreamt of seeing another bathing in the sea, the dreamer would not be affected 

 but the person seen in the dream as bathing would be taken ill. But the usual result 

 of a sea dream was to indicate blotches or other skin eruptions. 



GOING NAKED. 



This was one of the most inauspicious dreams as it concerned illness and death. 

 Supposing that a i;)erson was seen by another in a dream going without apparel, then 

 the priest would remark: "Misfortune will befall that man;" that is, the person seen in 

 the dream going about without clothing. 



OF THE TOOTH EXTRACTING DREAM. 



This was one of the most unfavorable dreams. If, in his sleep a person had a 

 tooth extracting dream, it was a dream foretelling the death of one of his own blood. 

 If the tooth extracted was from the left side, then one would die from among the 

 wife's relatives; but if the tooth was drawn from the right side, then death would 

 correspondingly occur from among the relatives of the dreamer. If the teeth extracted 

 were from the front, the eye-teeth for instance, upper or lower jaw, then the fulfillment 

 of the dream would occur in the death of a near relative of the dreamer. This, how- 

 ever, did not occur to those who were unaccustomed to the interpretation of the dream, 

 and who had no idea that the dream meant anything. 



THE BURSTING [OF AN ABSCESS | . 



The interpretation of this dream is similar to that of the tooth-extracting dream. 

 If a person suffered a "burst" in a dream or a vision, if it happened right in front, then 

 the priest of the order of priesthood said: "Your own relatives will die, those who are 

 nearest to you." If the burst occurred on the left side, then it concerned the wife and 

 others who held relationship. On the other hand, if the bursting occurred on the right 



