j,AKLESCHB] TRIBAL RITES FREE TRANSLATION 131 



23. My body, that is black in color, 



24. I have maile to be as my charcoal. 



25. When. the httle ones make it to be as tlieir charcoal, 



26. They shall have charcoal that will easily sink into their skin. 



27. Tiiey shall also find in it the means of reaching old age. 



28. When the little ones make of me their bodies, 



29. They shall enable themselves to live to see old age as they travel 



the path of life. 



30. The sldu of my feet, that is gathered in folds, 



31. I have made to be the means of reaching old age. 



32. When the little ones also make it to be the means of reaching 



old age, 



33. They shall enable themselves to live to sec old age as they travel 



the path of life. 



34. The muscles of my ankles, that are wrinkled, 



35. I have made to be the means of reaching old age. 



36. When the little ones also make them to be the means of reaching 



old age, 



37. They shall always live to see in the muscles of their ankles the 



signs of old age. 



38. The inner muscles of my thighs, that are gathereil in folds, 



39. I have made to be the means of reaching old age. 



40. When the little ones make them to be the means of reaching old 



age, 



41. They shall enable themselves to live to see old age. 



42. The muscles of my breast, that are gathered in folds, 



43. I have made to be the means of reaching old age. 



44. When the little ones make of them the means of reaching old age, 



45. They sball enable themselves to live to see old age as they travel 



the path of life. 



46. The muscles of my arms, that are gathered in folds, 



47. Shall be to them the means by which they shall see old age as 



the}^ travel the path of life. 



48. My shoulders also that are bent with age 



49. I have made to be the means of reaching old age. 



oO. When the little ones make them to be the means of reaching old 

 age, 



51 . They shall always live to see in their shoulders the sign of old age. 



52. The muscles of my throat, that are loosened with age, 



53. I have made to be the means of reaching old age. 



