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reeking blood, and is supposed to become frantic : 

 he casts the head from him and springs after it, en- 

 deavouring to imitate the tiger, and making a hideous 

 noise as like that beast as he can : he looks about 

 for the preacher, whom it is the business of the party 

 to conceal, and prevent his touching. Should he ia 

 his exertions accomplish this, a superstitious opinion 

 is entertained that the poor preacher will infallibly 

 fall a sacrifice to a tiger. When the Demauno is well 

 wearied by his pranks, the head of the goat is put 

 under ground in the earthen vessel ; this speedily 

 restores his reason, and the preacher comes out in 

 safety. The party thence retire to a small distance, 

 have a feast, and return to their homes. At the expi- 

 ration of a year, the second Boge is held for the de- 

 ceased, in the same manner as for any other relation, 

 and the same attention is paid to his memory on- 

 reaping the Ta kail oo and Kosar. 



When any person dies of the Moogdo, or Kory, a 

 disease in which the extremities decay and drop off, 

 the body is buried with the usual ceremony, and the 

 Boge is twice observed as usual, at which every sort 

 of flesh, except goats, may be eaten: fish is also. 

 forbidden. In that disease goats flesh and fish are not 

 allowed to the patient, which is the cause of their 

 being forbidden at the Boge. 



Such as die of an epilepsy, are buried with the 

 usual ceremonies: at their Boge hogs flesh is for- 

 bidden, because those who are subject to the epilepsy 

 are not allowed to eat it. 



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