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reason, and afterwards tlie liusband learned that his wife had l^een won over by 

 another man; on that account perliaps he went to bring her back, but she would not 

 return at the time, or, if not so. ])erhaps the wife went to seek the husband's return and 

 through such effort came tooether, Ijut not long- afterwards left ag'ain and went with the 

 man with whom she committed adultery in the first ])lace. For this reason her own 

 husband became worried in mind for the child-bearing- [possibilities] by this distress- 

 ing desertion. Then, in order to bring his wife back to cling to him as before, it was 

 necessary for the husband to summon the love-inducing priest to exercise his i^ower foi' 

 her return. The love-inducing priest would then ])erforni his services in accordance 

 with the wishes of the deserted huslxmd, whereby she was brought back and joined him 

 as before. 



AUGURV OF THE LOVE-INDUCING TRIEST. 



A lo\'e-inducing- ])riest had an augury. He would not perform any work [in his 

 calling] unless in accord with an augury assuring the return of the deserting man or 

 woman. If the ])riest had drawn lots relating to the return of the wife, and the result 

 was favorable, he would explain the omen according to his knowledge; or if unfavor- 

 able, in this manner: "We will not do anything with you because your wife will not 

 return." If favorable, others would say thus; "Vour wife will return; tomorrow at 

 night your wife will arrive at your house." These were the words of the love-inducing 

 priest after he had performed his ceremonies. A love-inducing priest had great 

 influence in his calling. Though a person to be won back was over twenty miles away, 

 or. it mav be had gone to another island, through the ])ower of the love-inducing i)riest 

 he would return in a very short time. 



THE EVIL WORK OF A LOVE-INUUCING I'RIEST. 



The evil work of the loA'e-inducing priest mentioned in this number consisted in 

 the i)riest performing according to the dictation of the ])erson ordering him. Some 

 people would express their desire to the priest in these words: "Make my wife ill with 

 sores." If not this way then in some other way, thus: "Make my wife to leap down a 

 ])recii)ice." The priest performed only according to the words of the person so ordering. 



THE LOVE OF A PERSON ENCHANTED i;V THE PRIEST. 



\\'hen a love-inducing i)riest wrought his ]jower u|)on a person if intended to be 

 a dee)) infatuation that would bring the parties to live together again, when the love of 

 the deserted wife or husband, it ma}- be, arose it was either an intense love or else an 

 idiotic infatuation. Conse(|uently the jierson so enchanted had nothing else to think 

 about, not even an aifection for her paramour, all the love being placed upon the hus- 

 band, or the child-bearing wife |as the case mav be | . 



CIIAKAC riCR OF l.XDL'CED LO\-|'.. 



There is a vast difference between true love and induced lo\e. ^^'hen the latter 

 love arose it came with a heat, with trembling, with a hate for all other things ; the 



