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induce blackee to make the trial, he shuffled 

 out of the dilemma, by acknowledging ' ' that 

 it would have no effect upon the white fel- 

 lers." 



The following account of the manner in which 

 the crystal is used by the physician, may be 

 considered interesting. In the Tumat country, 

 a native black, named Golong, was suffering 

 from a spear wound, received a short time pre- 

 vious in a skirmish with a hostile tribe ; it was 

 in the evening, (for the stones are only used after 

 dark, as at that time their efficacy is consi- 

 dered greater,) when a native of his tribe, named 

 Baramumbup, employed the crystal for the 

 purpose of healing the wound in the following- 

 manner. 



The patient was laid at a distance of twenty 

 or thirty yards from the encampment, after 

 which the physician commenced the examina- 

 tion of the wound, which he sucked ; then, with- 

 out spitting, he retired to a distance of ten or 

 fifteen yards from the invalid, muttered, or ap- 

 peared to mutter some prayer or invocation for 

 about a minute ; on concluding, he placed the 

 crystal in his mouth, sucked it, and then, re- 

 moving the stone, spat upon the ground, and 

 trampled upon the discharged saliva, pressing it 



