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The instructive ceremonies which take place on the m 

 ing following a celebration known as the Xi-man kat-cl 

 to which reference has already been nude, and which I ] 



of the law of the circuit . .H Z canlim.V^infT 'iHs^aistmi 

 at this time for four persons, three of whom are dressed as: 

 chi-nas, to stand facing the kih-va entrance at the four card 



epartureof kat-chi 





