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" displeased. Head, Liver, and Heart will give pain, and Boils will 

 " ensue. To prevent these evils — 



(a) make a ' Tsen mdos ' and a ' Gi/al mdos ' (This is somewhat 

 like the Sa-gS,^ but toithout the Ram^s head) ; 



{b) The favourite gods and guardians (srung-ma) of individual : Do 

 their worship energeticalhj ; and 



(c) ransom a sheep from the butchers. 



B. — For the Wife. 



/. — According to Birth conflict — 



This female born in Iron-Monkey year {i.e., 29 years ago). That 

 year compared with the Earth-Mouse year {i.e., 1888 A.D.) gives : — 



sok = o X 



lu = O X 



wang-thaug = o O o 



1. 



2. As modified bij ' Reversed Age Calculation ' = X 



3. As modified by ' The Sky-rope ' = o X 



4. As modified by ' The Earth-dagger ' =000 



The Total of the year's conflict is therefore : — 



Sok and Lii are bad like No. 1, and must be treated accord- 

 ingly in addition to No. 1. 



Lus and Wang-thang are good. 



Lungta is neutral ; therefore the good people will be kind to 

 you ; and the bad people will trouble ; therefore it is 

 necessary to do very much ' Mikha ia 4ok^ literally to drive 

 away scandal (literally = menh mouth). 



The Sky -seising Rope is interrupted {i.e. cut) ; therefore — 



(1) do very much ' te-gyed^ and ' ser-khyem ' (or oblation of wine 

 to the gods) ; 



[2) prepare a ^nam-go^ to close breach in the sky-connection. 



» Vide page 363. 



