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itself as it gradually sinks. When full it must be 

 lifted out and a little of the water poured into the 

 shell. The patient then talies a sip from the shell ; 

 then the region of the heart and top of the head are 

 sprinkled, and the remaining water in the shell is 

 thrown over the patient's head upon the ground. This 

 is repeated three times. No words must be spoken 

 until the patient and attendant return to the dwelling. 

 Then the person who officiated says, " I hae used the 

 means — Lord put in the blessing," and the patient 

 must reply, "Amen." 



The cap and shell properly used never failed to 

 effect a cure. Nurse says when she was a child she 

 sufifered from jaundice, and her father went and 

 borrowed the Trow's cap and used it. He paid a 

 shilling for it, and she was cured in a short time. 

 Have hydropathists borrowed their system from Shet- 

 land Trows ? 



There is a fine spring well near Watlie, called 

 Heljabrlin, and the legend of it is this : — A wandering 

 packman (of the Claud Halcro class) was murdered 

 and flung into Heljabriin. Its water had always been 

 known to possess healing power, and after becoming 

 seasoned by the unfortunate pedlar's remains, the 

 virtue in the water became even more efficacious. 

 People came from far and near to procure the precious 

 fluid. All who took it away had to throw three 

 stones, or a piece of "white money," into the well, 

 and the water never failed to cure disease. 



There is — or was not long ago — in Yell, a little 



