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the shade of a young bah-xxcz : in the centre of this 

 he plants a branch of the viuchmin-xxzz ; round it he 

 makes marks and spots with red paint, and with a 

 handful of rice, which he lays close to the branch, 

 placing a hen's egg on it, on w r hich three streaks of 

 red paint were drawn, he invokes the Supreme 

 Being, and God of the Road, to proiect him while 

 travelling, and sacrifices a cock, the blood of wliich 

 is thrown on the muckmim -branch : the offering, being 

 dressed with rice, is eaten by the suppliant and such 

 as may have attended him. The ceremony ends by 

 breaking the hen's egg ; and is never repeated by him 

 unless he should again meet with some accident while 

 travelling -, on which the Cherrceu, or Satane, is re- 

 sorted to, for a confirmation of the apprehension that 

 it was caused by Pow Gosaih's resentment, and his 

 desire of being worshipped. 



Dewary Gosaih, or the God who is supposed to 

 preside over the welfare of families, is the second 

 worship which men perform : • there is no fixed time 

 for it. He who discovers by the Cherreen, or Satane> 

 that the welfare of himself and family depends on 

 his holding this festival, distils spirits, purchases a 

 hog, rice, red paint, and oil; andj having fixed on 

 a day, invites his Maungy and friends on the day 

 appointed : a small space before the threshold is 

 brushed and washed, and a branch of the muckmun 

 planted in it ; on this some red paint is put, as well 

 as marks made round it. The Maungy and his offi- 

 cers are taken into the suppliant's house, when pots 

 of spirits and provisions are given to the former, 



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