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as the effects of some heedless transgression of the 

 above nature, which is discovered by the Satatie, or 

 such like proof: their remedy is to give a fowl to 

 the Maungy, who makes an offering of it to the god, 

 who is thus appeased. If the patient recovers, well; 

 if not, the friends go to a neighbouring village, 

 to find out, by the Satane, the cause of their rela- 

 tion's illness : if he is not thus relieved, they go 

 to a second; and, on failing, they consider it as an 

 affliction by the dispensation of the Supreme Being* 

 who. will either spare, shorten, or prolong the life of 

 the offending patient, according to his will. 



The Chi fa ria -festival is held but once in three 

 vears. The celebration of it so seldom is, proba- 

 bly, from its being very expensive to the Manngy, 

 who bears the charge. It is not every village that 

 has a ChaJnad^ though he is considered as the God that 

 presides over the welfare of villages ; but, like 

 Ruxey Nad, he is not supposed to be essential to 

 their happiness till the inhabitants are harassed by 

 some plague or pestilence; when the Demauno, on 

 being consulted, informs the Maur/gy that this Deity 

 is desirous of having a Nad raised ; that effecting 

 this, and worshipping him, will put an end to their 

 misfortunes. The Demauno then dreams of the 

 place where this shrine is to be found, in the shape 

 of a black stone; he proceeds in the morning to dis- 

 cover it, observing the same forms as are described in 

 obtaining Ruxey Nad; when found, the stone is 

 placed under the shade of a muckmun-lxw contiguous 



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