OlbrecIts] the swimmer MANUSCRIPT 307 



the siimmum of human happiness, prosperity, and success. Surely, 

 he will Uve to be old, for "the fire of the hearth will be left for him 

 (until his old age), to warm and to protect him"]. 



The expression wtDa'^^le^i'sa^nfca' implies that the subject [now has 

 been hfted up to the seventh upper world] after having lain [supine 

 as sick or tired for some time]. From this stem the missionaries have 

 [formed the expression expressing the Christian concept] of resurrec- 

 tion. 



94 



!t'a' ng-Vo-tT vne-'ca 'yandt-k'S'^a" 



this to cure with white if they urinate 



i;'*st'AGa^li' | v'G-at*asGt*'sGi j u'ntsko-U' I so.t' ustf'Ga 



if leaning against pus, it oozes out (Hab) their heads, Loc the other it little 



v^'st'AGa^U' I so"-'le^Vo"' ystf'Ga tst'ld 



it leaning against the other, how- it little it which 



ever also is 



This is the Medicine When They Urinate White (Matter) 



FREE TRANSLATION 



Flowering spurge, spurge, viper's bugloss, and the other small 

 flowering spurge; the other one (i. e., the first one) is also small. 



explanation 



In this prescription we are given only the names of the plants used, 

 four in number, viz, v^'st^AGa^h', Euphorhia corollata L., flowering 

 spurge; u''st*AGa°li' ustr'oa, (?); u*'Gat'as=Gt*'sGi, Euphorbia hyperi- 

 cifolia L., spurge; u'ntskoJi', Echium vulgare L., viper's bugloss, 

 blueweed, blue devil. 



In severe cases gi-'g9 tsuya*'.i, Lysimachia quadrifolia L., loosestrife, 

 is added to the prescription. 



Ay. explained that the roots are steeped in warm water and the 

 infusion drunk. The infusion is kept warm near the fire. 



95 

 *tV nQ'Vot'i' i;n9"'Di tsa-'ndfk'o'!a° 



this to cure with milk it which they urinate 



unt*kwa' I ttse'i' I Gv'lsto.ti' i;Ga""'n9wo*'D8'' | yndt"- 



(purple?) green to steep it with warm they must 



t'a.sti' i;Do*'t9GwuD8' | t'tt'^k'ne'' fGa' | tso*\"n€-'°-N'g' 



drink it all day second noon third and 



u-'Dalu'lg.'i' t-Ga' I no^^Gine-''' a'se" tsi'Dutlsta-'y9c5°'sk9Gwo°' 



it has not com- noon fourth it must when the meal is being taken, L 



pleted itself 



u-'nulsta-^'y^i' | Ga-kt'o-'D9 no^'ci' tsi;^so"tD9 u-'DJe^'oi 



let them partake of restricted four they nights-been hot 



the meal 



a°le a'ma' | a'skuya' a^le'* a'Ge'"yo°' yyo-'.t-Gwo''' 



and salt man and woman different, L(=E) 



