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the hole, covered up with more wet moss, and some water poured 
in. Presently the paper-bark sheet was replaced, with the hole 
over the centre of the cavity, through which a column of hot 
“vapor ascended. In the meantime one of the circumcised boys 
had removed all the bandages from his penis, walked to the 
paper-bark sheet, and laid flat upon it, with his penis inserted 
through the steaming hole; his arms were along his sides, the 
palms clasping the thighs, and the toes turned towards the axis 
of the body. During the five to ten minutes in which the hole 
continued to emit its vapor a convulsive shivering several times 
shook the aboriginal’s body, and the young man, or rather boy, 
who superintended the performance then laid himself on the top 
of the patient, and so prevented any attempt to rise. 
