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THROUGH JUNGLE AND DESERT chap. 



where the hills, holes, or rivers were located, or by the 

 person whose enterprise led him to the neighbour- 

 hood of such places. 



The future was foretold by the wise men in two 

 ways: either by means of a gourd filled with different 



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coloured pebbles, or by means of two bits of leather 

 shaped like sandals, and covered on one side with 

 ornamental designs. The gourd and pebbles were 

 used as follows. The old man, placing the pebbles 

 in the gourd, shook it up, meanwhile uttering some 

 magic words, and then allowed the stones one by one 



