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boui'liood I cannot state. One day some people 

 from the ship saw our friend Tumag-ug-o under 

 treatment for ag'ue. He was hiid upon the gTound 

 while several men in succession took his head between 

 their knees and kneaded it with their hands. After 

 this they placed him close to a iire and sprinkled 

 water over him until a copious perspiration broke 

 out^ denoting- the third and last stag-e of the attack. 

 Boils on various parts of the body^ even on the head, 

 are prevalent, especially during- the rainy season, 

 when the food is of a poorer description than at other 

 times. Children are most subject to them, and I have 

 more than once seen them so covered with offen- 

 sive sores as to be rendered most disg'usting- objects. 

 In old people callosities frequently form on the hip 

 and elbows, the effect, probably, of sleeping- on the 

 g-round. Scarification of the affected part is a com- 

 mon mode of treating- local inflammatory complaints. 

 Lig-atures are also used, as for example, one across 

 the forehead to remove head-ache. A sino-ular mode 

 of treating- various complaints consists in attaching- 

 one end of a string- to the patient, while the other is 

 held in the mouth of a second person, who scarifies 

 his own g-ums at the same time until they bleed, 

 which is supposed to indicate that the ^^ bad blood " 

 has passed from the sick to the sound person. 



With reg-ard to the curious burial ceremonies of 

 the Kowrareg-as, I reg-ret that I cannot be so 

 explicit as mig-ht otherwise have been the case, as 

 Gi'om's information on this subject, and on this only. 



