34 HISTORY OF 



ground, and a string tied round her head, the 

 other end of the line was taken by a girl, who 

 rubbed her lips with it till they bled ; this she 

 spit into some water on one side of her, while 

 the poor girl round whose head the string went, 

 imagined; it came from her, conveyed by the 

 string;'*.-' 



They never broil fish at night, because they 

 think the wind will blow a contrary way to 

 what they .want it. 



They will not whistle under a rock, having 

 a tradition, that some of the natives did, while 

 feasting under one, and it fell from a great 

 height and crushed them to death. 



After these it is hardly requisite to say, that 

 they believe in spirits. An apparition, they say, 

 advances slowly, with its hand in a line with 

 its face, and seizes the person it intends to visit 

 by the throat. 



The repository of the dead, and even the 

 darkness of the night are too powerful for their 

 fears. 



Those indeed who can encounter these seem- 

 ing perils, are esteemed proper persons to be- 

 come Car-rah-dys. 



The shooting of a star, and thunder and light- 

 ning they fear much. 



LOVE AND MARRIAGE. 



Those who delight in sentimental love tales, 

 will probably be disgusted with the male na- 



