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 !iV rna'i)")" r'mslviillls")''! aDa'no-'wo-tT 



this siirtko thoy huvo l)lltt>n lilni to (ulrl^ iviiyono with 



sac" I 'a'Mi.-)-"(;vv")"' 'aM'oijjf'tirdn' | crua' tsune-'oa" | 



Now, tluMiI II a, now thou Imst (^oino to liston Kiuvn thou white 



siiiiko, Ij it is, A pp. lootli thoy ovt'i-llviiik' l>o hiis ivilvnncofl tliom 



Dadi'lfi' I n(^m;)-!i' i)i>'-i)ana''"wui)€"c;o-' | i)tM<.'ayi''oa' i)o""so° 



towiuils liim tnill— IjOO it 1ms laid itself iiboiit tooth woivk 



App. 



5De''onlo'"t.si-(ja' | 'a-'no'owo"' Gf'na tsiine'T.')" p'simp-'li 



thoy huvo hoooaio Ma, now Fawn thou whito quickly 



brokon 



a^skwaiii'-'tsaiK)" tsi"i'i)(}N'tlfoa 



it suckoil thou hast conio to 



do it for him 



set" I 'a-'n;)-<j\v:)"' 'a't'oya-^nfca | t't'yo^^'a^'li tsune-'co | 



Now, thoii! ha, now thou hast couio to li/ard thou whito 



liston 



'iDa^'Ve'i' I ^■IUl'DO•Gw;)"' Oes^' Di'kVvi^Sja' tst^rNa''oo Pf'Di'Oo- 



thou wiziud snake, L it is, tooth thoy ovorliviiiij ho has 



App. 



Wf'vv'siVondi'Mf.i' I n()ii;)-!i' i)ir'i)ana"'"wuneT.i)' | i)i'k'ayi'*ca' 



advaiu'od thoiii toward trail, liOU it has laid itsolf about tooth 



hiui, App. 



10do"s;)" i)e-'Gal!vHsraa' | *a'no-GWO«' t*i>o'a'^li tsuiie-'G;)" 



woak thoy havo bocomo ha, now lizard thou whito 



brokon 



uViiilf'li a'^skwanc'tsal);)" aoii'ili'Ga' 

 yuickly It suokod it has boon said 



This is the AIedicine if Snakes Have Bitten Them 



FREE TRANSLATION 



Now then! 1 1 a, now thou liast ooiiie to liston, then White Fawn- 

 Imitator. Tt was but a snako (wliicli) has adx jincod its everHving 

 teeth to (bite) liiin, as it was lying sti'otchod out about the path. 

 The teetJi have been broken and made wealv. Ha, now Thou White 

 Fawn-Iinitator, quii-kly Ihou liast come to suok it for hiiu. 



Now thou! lla, now tJiou hast come to listen, tliou \Vhito Lizard, 

 thou wizani. It was but a snalve (which) has advanced its everliving 

 teeth tt) (bite) hhu as it was lying stretched out about the path. 

 Tlie teeth have been broken and nuule weak. Ha, now, thou White 

 Lizard, quickly it has been sucked. 



explanation 



This is a formula to cure an act\uU snakebite with, not a "dreamed" 

 one. (See p. 176.) Ay. had procured it originally from another 

 n\edi('ine man, A\ho had died some years pre\ iously. lie was unable 

 to give the meaning of the word Gi'na' [but this was hold by other 



**Intorpol}ited by J. M. 



