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If a man be detected by a woman sitting on her 

 cot, and she complains of the impropriety, and de- 

 mands a fowl as a forfeit, he complies ; but she re- 

 turns it : on the other hand, if a man detects a wo- 

 man sitting on his cot, and he complains and demands 

 a fowl, she must produce it, and he kills the fowl, 

 sprinkling the blood on the cot to purify it : the wo- 

 man is then pardoned. 



Women at certain times are considered impure : 

 should one in such a condition touch a man by acci- 

 dent, even with her garment, he is denied •> and for 

 this offence she is fined a fowl, which is sacrificed, 

 and the blood sprinkled on the man to purify him. 

 Women at such times may talk to men, but not 

 touch them. A man, whose wife has that impurity, 

 must not himself during that period sit on a chiefs 

 cot y for so doing the fine is a fowl, and the blood is 

 sprinkled on the cot to purify it. He must not even 

 eat or partake of any thing at a festival during fuch 

 penod of separation ; and any person detected in this 

 offence, must pay the expence of purification from 

 this pollution by another festival, to be held for that 

 purpose at his expence. 



When a party are assembled to go a hunting, 

 and Lave arrived at their ground, the Cherrten is 

 held to ascertain which of the party will be most ac- 

 ceptable ro the God of Hunting, to return thanks for 

 the success they may have ; two hen's eggs are given 

 to the person named. This ceremony over, some 

 are stationed at the skirts of the wood, while others 

 scour it to drive the game to them. On their killing 



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