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  Mini;' 
  CEREMONIES. 
  

  

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  The 
  first 
  test 
  is 
  made 
  by 
  laying 
  upon 
  the 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  wig 
  

   string 
  of 
  four 
  wooden 
  heads 
  each 
  

   measuring 
  about 
  1 
  inch 
  in 
  diame- 
  

   ter. 
  See 
  Fig. 
  16. 
  After 
  the 
  owner 
  

   of 
  this 
  object 
  has 
  chanted 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  

   moments 
  in 
  an 
  almost 
  inaudible 
  

   manner 
  the 
  beads 
  begin 
  to 
  roll 
  

   from 
  side 
  to 
  side 
  as 
  if 
  animated. 
  

   The 
  string 
  is 
  then 
  quickly 
  re- 
  

   stored 
  to 
  its 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  Mide' 
  

   sack. 
  Another 
  Mide' 
  produces 
  a 
  

   small 
  wooden 
  effigy 
  of 
  a 
  man 
  (Fig. 
  

   17), 
  measuring 
  about 
  5 
  inches 
  in 
  

   height. 
  The 
  body 
  has 
  a 
  small 
  

   orifice 
  running 
  through 
  it 
  from 
  

   between 
  the 
  shoulders 
  to 
  the 
  but- 
  

   tocks, 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  neck 
  forming 
  

   a 
  separate 
  piece 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  at- 
  

   tached 
  to 
  the 
  body 
  like 
  a 
  glass 
  

   stopper 
  to 
  a 
  bottle. 
  Flo 
  . 
  16 
  . 
  

  

  A 
  hole 
  is 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  deep 
  enough 
  to 
  reach 
  to 
  the 
  hips 
  of 
  

  

  Fig. 
  IT. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  18. 
  

  

  the 
  effigy, 
  when 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  put 
  into 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  loose 
  earth 
  loosely 
  

   restored 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  hold 
  it 
  in 
  an 
  upright 
  position. 
  Some 
  magic 
  powder 
  

   of 
  herbs 
  is 
  sprinkled 
  around 
  the 
  body, 
  and 
  into 
  the 
  vertical 
  orifice 
  in 
  

  

  