498 MEDICINE-MEN OF THE APACHE. 



in the garden of Xibalba had iu some manner proved derelict in duty, 

 and had their lips split as a punishment. 1 



In Paraguay a tribe called the Chiriguaues, &quot; se percent la levre 

 inferieure & ils y attachent un petit Cilindre d etain ou d argent, on de 

 Eesine trauspareute. Ce pre tendu ornemeut s appelle Tembeta.&quot;* 



Brassour do liourboury s translation, cap. 12. p. 17 ). 



2 Picart, C6r6moui(!8 etCofttum68 Keli^ieusfH de toils h: IVuples du Momli , AniMttTdani, 1743, 

 vol. 8, p. 287. 



