oum'l'tanHl '''I'l*^ SWIMMER M AN USCUI PT 257 



f'aiis(Hl it. (Anyway), now Uiou IiiihI, conus U) j)ii]l out tlu^ important 

 tliiu}.!;. Quickly thou hast como, to i)iit him on Jiin feet. U'cJicI" Iihm 

 hc-cn cauHCMl. Sharply! 



KXlMiANA'I'lON 



This is HJiothor formula for the- trc^atiiuMit of ave'li(;j)"'(ii disoasos. 

 It is couc-hod in such terms as if tho reciter were in doubt as to who 

 (caused it: a ^host [a "speaker of difl'erent (i. e., evil) thin^^s, " viz, 

 an incantator, or by the Purple Person. The probable explanation 

 is that all th(^ possible causes are enumerated, so as not to take any 

 cliaiici^s; n. process which is v(^ry conunon in cofijurations the- woild 

 over]. 



Tiie ir'i>ati' or wat(U"snake (Natrix sipedon) is I'efj^ui'chul as an espe- 

 cially crafty aidmal fit to combat tlie cuiuuiifj; of a secret enemy. 

 The syniptoms are described as sudden keen pains in the arm, the 

 shoulder, etc., and shifting from one place to another. The pain is 

 caused by the movinf^ about of tlie object which has been shot into 

 the victim's body. (See p. 87.) 



The medicine used is a cold infusion of the bark of ttse'Ii, Alnun 

 ruf/osa (Du Roi) Sjjren^., smool-h alder; with this in his jnouth, the 

 medicine imm sucks the dill'ci'cnt son^ spots in turn, afterwards spit- 

 ting the liquid into another bowl [so as to make possibh? the discovery 

 of the intrusive object]. 



Tlie fonrmla is recited four times, the mcdicim^ man sucking after 

 each recital; tho whole ceremony is repeated four times before noon. 



There is no taboo. 



't'a' tsu"'nasta(;'j!i a ])a'no'w')'t'i' 



UiLs wliciicvcr tholr foet to euro thcin (liidof.) 

 are fro.sU)ILtoii with 



'f!t'-yu- 'elf'-yu- 'elf'-yu- 't'/t-yu- 



thou iirt living— E 



*ana'-a-yu'' 'eJf'yu; 'ta-'yii* *e!t-'yu* 

 Thcro thou art 

 ]lvlng-~E 



'tDa'*"w*!i' ts(r'taii/i' (u-'c.aiic'" 'elf'yu 



thou wizard mountain lion nsd thou art living, K 



*t'Da*"we'!i tsQ*'taDzi' (iL'\ia(if"' 'ea-'yu 'e!f'yu 



This, Wiiknkver Their Fkkt are Frost Bitten, (is) the 



Treatment 



FREE TKANHLATION 



Thou art living, indctcd. (Four times.) 



Thorc thou art living, indeed. 



Thou art living indeed. (Three times.) 



Thou Wizard, red Mountain Lion, Thou art living indeed (bis). 



