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point of death, and that I must therefore help him and send him 

 a remedy, no matter what. He had had a fit of raving and had 

 jumped about the floor. 



The others, amongst them the master of the house Kutiiluk, had 

 therefore bound him. When I came to him, he was lying quietly 

 on the sleeping-platform, and said that his head was heavy. There 

 was an unbearable heat in the house; a lamp was burning close to 

 his head on either side; his family and house-inmates were wailing 

 about him. I gave orders that the two nearest lamps were to be 

 extinguished ; I had an opening made in the window, made them 

 place something under his head, laid cold poultices on his forehead, 

 and ordered the people to let him lie undisturbed, so that he might 

 have complete repose and quiet. All my orders were complied 

 with. The patient and his family were extremely grateful, and 

 promised that if he recovered, I should have a share in all his 

 game. 



As soon as I had gone, the lamps were lit again and the hole 

 in the window was stopped up. 



The angakok Augpalugtok (see fig. 52) arrived. He threw him- 

 self back on the platform, was covered with a skin, performed in- 

 cantations over the sick man, and saw that his soul had departed. 

 He sat down on the platform by the sick man's side and cross- 

 examined him as to all the evil he had done. Sanimuinak answered 

 partly in delirium and behaved quite as if he was mad. Everyone 

 was convinced that he was bound to die, but after Augpalugtok 

 had plagued him for some time by trying to worm out all his 

 secrets, they left him in peace, his head began to feel lighter, and 

 he felt better altogether. He had, however, confessed that he was 

 an ilisitsok and had killed many persons, among them his foster- 

 daughter's father, with the help of spectres. Augpalugtok threw 

 himself back again on the platform and communed with his spirits. 

 He now ascertained that the infamous Maratuk, who was Sani- 

 muinak's cousin and former accomplice in a real murder, had 

 robbed his soul. Augpalugtok sent off one of his Tarajuatsiaks lo 

 fetch it, but was obliged to return home himself, before the Taraju- 

 atsiak came back with the soul. 



On Sanimuinak's recovery a few days later, Kutuluk again de- 

 clared that it was the confession which had brought about his 

 recovery. 



