266 SHOULDER BLADE READING 



cracking, it means a long spell of bad weather, 

 and so on. This bone-burning is mostly prac- 

 tised to find out things pertaining to hunting, 

 although occasionally some of the "wise ones" 

 pretend that it can foretell for them other events. 

 I used to take much interest in watching their 

 solemn faces while this reading was going on, 

 and certainly no gospel truth was ever more firmly 

 believed in than is this peculiar rite or practice. 



