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bourlioocl I cannot state. One day some people 

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

 treatment for ague. He was laid upon the g-round 

 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 fire and sprinkled 

 water over him until a copious j^erspiration 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, especialty din*ing- 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 inflammator}^ 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. 



