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what he terms profane magic, and four of what 

 he denommates religious magic. The three in- 

 stances of the former, are respectively called Tu- 

 jtt, Tujit Jmitong, mid Tuju Jimktig, The first of 

 the*e m thus performed. When an individual 

 has any animosity against another, he constructs 

 a dagger upon the principles of *' the mystery,'* 

 and recites a prayer over it. If his adversary 

 live at a distance, the sorcerer, Reizing the dagger 

 by the handle, strikes with the point iQ the di- 

 rection in which he is, and his enemy imraedi* 

 ately becomes sick. Blood gathers on the point, 

 which the man sucks, exclaiming, " Now I am 

 satisfied/' and the other becomes speechless and 

 expire^. This species of incantation derives its 

 name from the word Tuju, which signifies^'to 

 point." The Tuju Jantmg is compounded of 

 Ttiju, and Janlmg, which is the cordiform top of 

 a newly opened buuch of plantains. The person, 

 employing this species of witchcraft, searches for 

 a Jantofig,or newly opened plantain top, and per- 

 forms "the mystery" under it. He then ties the 

 plantain top, and, having recited a prayer over 

 it, burns the point, which communicates with the 

 heart of his adversary, inflicting excruciating 

 agony. When he is tired of tormenting him, he 

 cuts the Janiong, and the heart simultaneously 

 drops from its situation, blood issuing from the 

 mouth of the expiring suflFerer. 



The Tuju Jindang, again, is an evil spirit, 

 which is carefully reared in a new vessel and fed 

 upon roasted paddy. It is of the insect form; 

 and partakes of the appearance of the silk worm. 



