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powers ; and in the course of it, he undertakes to 

 show his art by killing one of the persons present, 

 whom he pitches upon for that purpose. He 

 sprinkles various powders over the devoted victim, 

 blows upon him, and dances round him, obliges 

 him to drink a liquor prepared for the occasion, 

 and finally the sorcerer and his assistants seize him 

 and whirl him rapidly round and round till the man 

 loses his senses, and falls on the ground to all 

 appearance and the belief of the spectators a 

 perfect corpse. The chief Myal-man then utters 

 loud shrieks, rushes out of the house with wild 

 and frantic gestures, and conceals himself in some 

 neighbouring wood. At the end of two or three 

 hours he returns with a large bundle of herbs, 

 from some of which he squeezes the juice into the 

 mouth of the dead person ; with others he anoints 

 his eyes and stains the tips of his fingers, accom- 

 panying the ceremony with a great variety of 

 grotesque actions, and chanting all the while some- 

 thing between a song and a howl, while the assist- 

 ants hand in hand dance slowly round them in 

 a circle, stamping the ground loudly with their feet 

 to keep time with his chant. A considerable time 

 elapses before the desired effect is produced, but 

 at length the corpse gradually recovers animation, 

 rises from the ground perfectly recovered, and the 

 Myal dance concludes. After this proof of his 

 power, those who wish to be revenged upon their 

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