340 MAGIC EITES. 



As most of these specific charms are evidently derived from 

 ancient Indian sources, and are of the nature of Sympathetic Magic, 

 probably dating back to Vedic times, I here give several examples : — 



Thus to make the 



Charm protective against Bullets and Weapons, 



The directions are as these: — With the blood 



of a wounded man draw the 



Charm against annexed monogram {D[(l) and 



insert in the vacant space in the , ^^ ^^ 

 centre of the aforesaid print of "The Assembly of ^J ^P 

 the Hearts of the Lamas." The sheet should then \ m0 J!^^ 

 be folded and wrapped in a piece of red silk, and, 

 tied -with a piece of string, be worn around the neck 

 or an unexposed part of your breast immediately 

 next the skin, and never removed. 



Charm for Leprosy. — On a piece of paper made from the bark of the 

 poisonous laurel write with a mixture of the blood of the individual and 

 the ulcerous discbarge and urine of a leper the monogram (?chch) and 

 insert into the centre of tlie print, and fold up and wear around neck. 



Charm for Clawing Animals {i.e., Tiger, Cats, Bear). — On a miniature 

 knife -write with a mixture of myrohalams and musk water the monogram 

 (? zah) and tie up in the print, &c. (Here the knife seems to represent 

 the animal's claw.) 



For Dog-hite. — With the blood of a leopard write the monogram 

 Hri and insert into the print, and fold up and enclose within a piece 

 of leopard skin and wear around neck. (The leopard preys on dogs.) 



For Cholera (or "vomiting, purging, and cramps"). — With the dung 

 of a black horse and black sulphur and musk water write the monogram 

 (? za) and insert in the print and fold up in a piece of snake's skin and 

 wear, (The dung may represent the purging, the black colour the 

 deadly character, and the snake-skin the virulence of the disease.) 



For Small-pox. — With the juice of the Som (?pine) tree write the 

 monogram (? cm), and sprinkle over it some pulverised bone of a man 

 who has died from small-pox, and insert, &c. 



For Domestic Bickering. — Write the monogram (?Re) and insert in 

 the print and fold up and bind with a thread made of the mixed hairs 

 of a dog, goat, and sheep, and enclose in a mouse's skin. (This seems 

 to represent union of domestic elements.) 



Fur External Quarrels. — With the blood of a bearded goat write the 

 monogram (? tamgi) and insert in print and wrap in a piece of a horse's 

 skin and enclose in an otter's skin. 



For Poison. — With blood of a peacock write the monogram (?gra) 

 with the moustache of a hare and insert in print and fold up with 

 the feathers of the eagle, and enclose in the stomach of a monkey. 



